UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, January 23, 2005

January 23: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.393 %
Standard deviation0.785
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 198410
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19844


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.34%0.082%-0.338%-4.035%
Standard deviation % change2.0592.6772.06519.618
No. of times price has gone up10 1482
No. of times price has gone down1010 114
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
EU's Gray Future (Investor's Business Daily)
Shares close in the black on upbeat US earnings (AFP)
Dollar falls on weak US consumer confidence (AFP)
European Shares Down (Reuters)
European stocks steady after Wall Street tumble (AFP)
Eurozone's trade deficit with China soars (FT.com)
Germany world's largest exporter for second year in row, figures show (Canadian Press)
Luxembourg Confident of Euro Pact (AP)
EU at odds over reform to euro rules (AFP)
European Union signals new effort to change business and worker attitudes (Canadian Press)
EU Translation Costs to Surpass $1B Mark (AP)

On this day
2002 Vodafone announced it had arrived at a key milestone target slightly ahead of expectations when its customer base topped 100 million consumers.

BBC - On This Day
1973: Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal
The US president, Richard Nixon, has appeared on national television to announce "peace with honour"in Vietnam.
1989: Many killed in Tajik earthquake
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake strikes the Soviet Central Asian republic of Tajikistan.
1955: Express train crashes killing 14
Fourteen people die and dozens are injured when an express train travelling from York to Bristol derails at Sutton Coldfield station.
1971: Commonwealth talks end with compromise
The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends with a compromise over the wording of the declaration.
2002: Elderly patient sparks Commons row
The treatment of a 94-year old woman sets off a bitter political row between the prime minister and the leader of the Opposition.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 23

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