January 30: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.602 %
Standard deviation	1.071
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	11

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	-0.085%	-0.377%	0.022%	-4.256%
Standard deviation % change	1.298	1.477	1.406	19.589
No. of times price has gone up	10	10	7	2
No. of times price has gone down	11	13	11	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
China, EU Tell Different Economic Tales (AP)
EU Tells Ukraine to Walk Before It Runs (Reuters)
EU countries reluctant to agree to UN appeal to take in more refugees (Canadian Press)
How to Vanquish Euro-Sclerosis (BusinessWeek Online)
Europe Shares Steady (Reuters)
EU Seeks to Improve Trade Among Nations (AP)
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)
Britain misses official growth target for 2004 (AFP)
European stocks steady despite US lead, positive market news (AFP)

On this day
1934 In the US the Gold Reserve Act was passed, which pegged the value of the dollar to gold.
1998 Reuters shares plunged as allegations emerged that it had been stealing data from Bloomberg.

BBC - On This Day
1972: Army kills 13 in civil rights protest
British troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the Bogside district of Londonderry in the worst day of the current crisis so far.
1965: Last farewell to Churchill
Thousands of people pay their last respects to Britain's greatest wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill who is buried today after a full state funeral.
2003: 'Shoe bomber' jailed for life
British-born Richard Reid is sentenced to life in jail for trying to bomb an American Airlines flight carrying 197 people.
1991: US Marines killed at Al Khafji
Iraqi troops seize control of a town inside the Saudi Arabian border after a fierce battle in which both sides suffered casualties.
1952: Korea truce talks hit stalemate
Truce talks aimed at ending fighting in the Korean War are deadlocked.

Wikipedia On This Day
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