UK Stock Market Almanac

Monday, January 24, 2005

January 24: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.236 %
Standard deviation0.62
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.042%0.047%-0.149%-4.13%
Standard deviation % change1.0832.5691.51420.009
No. of times price has gone up10 1373
No. of times price has gone down1010 112
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)
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)
Shares close higher as ITV, GUS rallies help offet weak Wall St. (AFP)

On this day
1916 The US Supreme Court ruled that a federal income tax was legal, despite the fact that the US Constitution explicitly forbade the direct taxation of citizens.

BBC - On This Day
1965: Winston Churchill dies
Sir Winston Churchill has died at the age of 90 with his wife Lady Clementine Churchill and other members of the family at his bedside.
1986: Leon Brittan quits over Westland
Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan becomes the second cabinet minister to resign over the Westland affair.
1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy
Over 100 passengers have been kiiled after an Air India Boeing-707 plane crashed into Mont Blanc.
1969: LSE closes over student clashes
Students protesting at the installation of steel security gates at the London School of Economics go on the rampage, with crowbars, pickaxes and sledgehammers.
1956: Plans unveiled for homes in Barbican
Plans to build a "new town"in the Barbican area of London left devastated by the war are being considered at a public inquiry.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 24

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