January 4: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.115 %
Standard deviation	1.425
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	-0.372%	-0.728%	-0.396%	0.048%
Standard deviation % change	1.538	2.615	2.627	0.66
No. of times price has gone up	9	5	10	2
No. of times price has gone down	11	15	10	1

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

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Yahoo European Business
French Growth Halted in Third Quarter (AP)
European stocks head higher in early deals (AFP)
European stocks mixed in early deals: FTSE 100 up 0.11 percent (AFP)
Europe Shares Hover Near 2-1/2 Year Highs (Reuters)
Dollar Rises Against Euro (AP)
Europe Stocks Start 2005 at 30-Month High (Reuters)
Irish still turning up to cash their old stash for euros (AFP)
Euro offers US dollar a respite (AFP)
London shares end at session highs as insurers bounce back from early lows (AFP)
Dollar Falls to New Low Vs Euro (Reuters)
Dollar Near Record Low Against Euro (AP)

On this day
1996 General Motors announced that it would release an electric car, the EV-1.
1999 Euro began trading at $1.1747, and hit a high of $1.1906.

BBC - On This Day
1951: Communist forces prepare to take Seoul
Chinese and North Korean troops are close to recapturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last year.
1967: Campbell killed during record attempt
Donald Campbell dies while attempting to break his own water speed record in his jet-powered boat, Bluebird K7
1986: Thin Lizzie star dies
Phil Lynott, the former frontman of rock group Thin Lizzie, dies 11 days after collapsing from a drink and drug binge.
1958: Explorer Hillary arrives at South Pole
Sir Edmund Hillary arrives at the South Pole - the first explorer to do so since Captain Scott in 1912.
1985: Inquiry over 'baby-for-cash' deal
Scotland Yard is investigating a surrogate mother in London following reports she is to receive £6,500 for her baby from a childless couple.
2000: First British women reach South Pole
The first British women to walk across Antarctica to the South Pole arrive safely, more than two months after starting their record-breaking journey.

Wikipedia On This Day
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