UK Stock Market Almanac

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

January 5: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.055 %
Standard deviation1.089
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.084%0.362%0.26%-0.077%
Standard deviation % change1.3031.5972.0560.462
No. of times price has gone up10 12101
No. of times price has gone down1010 102
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks drop in early deals (AFP)
Techs, Retailers Lead Europe Stocks Lower (Reuters)
U.S. Dollar Makes Gains Against Euro (AP)
German Unemployment Jumps in December (AP)
German Unemployment Climbs in December (AP)
French economic growth halted in third quarter, statistics agency Insee says (Canadian Press)
European stocks mixed in early deals:FTSE 100 up 0.11 percent (AFP)
Dollar Steady Against Euro in New Year (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)

BBC - On This Day
1985: Israel ends major Ethiopian rescue mission
Thousands of Jewish refugees from Ethiopia are airlifted from Sudan to Israel in a secret operation.
1976: Ten dead in Northern Ireland bus ambush
Ten Protestant men are shot dead as they return home from work in a mini-bus in Northern Ireland.
1993: Oil tanker runs aground off Shetland
A tanker carrying 85,000 tonnes of crude oil is aground in hurricane force winds off the Shetland Islands.
2001: Shipman 'may have killed hundreds'
The former GP Harold Shipman may have killed more than 300 of his patients, a report reveals.
1981: Man arrested for Ripper murders
A 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford, suspected of carrying out 13 murders across West Yorkshire over the past five years, is appearing in court.
1952: Churchill renews 'special relationship'
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in the United States for an official visit, his first since re-election last October.

Wikipedia On This Day
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