UK Stock Market Almanac

Monday, January 03, 2005

January 3: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.079 %
Standard deviation1.1
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.2%-0.414%0.219%0.085%
Standard deviation % change2.2222.0841.9080.42
No. of times price has gone up7 772
No. of times price has gone down1012 91
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Europe Stocks Start 2005 at 30-Month High (Reuters)
Irish still turning up to cash their old stash for euros (AFP)
London in neutral as year end beckons (FT.com)
European Shares Broadly Flat (Reuters)
Euro offers US dollar a respite (AFP)
London shares end at session highs as insurers bounce back from early lows (AFP)
European stocks show late firmness on strong US data (AFP)
Dollar Falls to New Low Vs Euro (Reuters)
Dollar Near Record Low Against Euro (AP)
Turkey set for currency reform to showcase economic progress (AFP)
Euro shoots to record high 1.3548 dollars (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1980: Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion
The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, is making his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week.
1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads
US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow.
1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats
The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.
1977: Jenkins quits Commons for Brussels
Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces he is leaving Westminster politics to become Britain's first President of the European Commission.
2000: Art theft was 'professional' job
Police say the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year's Eve was probably stolen to order.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 3

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