January 27: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.382 %
Standard deviation	1.34
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	8

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	-0.329%	0.37%	0.29%	-0.199%
Standard deviation % change	2.231	1.266	1.595	1.004
No. of times price has gone up	11	13	13	3
No. of times price has gone down	9	9	7	3

Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996

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Yahoo European Business
European Stocks Flat Amid Earnings Flow (Reuters)
EU chief seeks renewal for flagging bloc (AFP)
British Economy Grows 3.1 Percent in 2004 (AP)
London shares close higher on upbeat US earnings (AFP)
EU Official Wants to Reinvigorate Economy (AP)
Britain misses official growth target for 2004 (AFP)
European stocks steady despite US lead, positive market news (AFP)
Germany Reduces Growth Forecast for 2005 (AP)
EU resumes aid to Sudan after end to long-running war (AFP)
Global Markets: European Shares Edge Up (Reuters)
EU's Gray Future (Investor's Business Daily)

On this day
1985 Coca Cola announced plans to sell drinks in the Soviet Union - twelve years after Pepsico had done the same thing.

BBC - On This Day
1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated
The Red Army liberates the Nazi's biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland.
1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy
Three American astronauts die when fire sweeps the Saturn rocket on its launch pad at Cape Kennedy.
1944: Leningrad siege ends after 900 days
A successful Soviet offensive drives German troops away from the Leningrad which has been besieged since September 1941.
1980: Exiled Mugabe returns to Rhodesia
Rhodesia opposition leader Robert Mugabe makes a triumphant return to his home country after five years in exile.
1984: Michael Jackson burned in Pepsi ad
Michael Jackson has been rushed to hospital with burn injuries to his head after a stunt for a Pepsi commercial went wrong.
1969: Rebel students take over LSE
Students protesting against the closure of the London School of Economics seize control of another university building.
1995: Cantona banned over attack on fan
Manchester United's Eric Cantona is fined £20,000 and banned from playing football over his kung fu-style attack on a fan.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 27