UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, January 08, 2005

January 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.141 %
Standard deviation0.693
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19849
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.061%-0.697%0.156%-3.678%
Standard deviation % change0.7183.0760.92319.27
No. of times price has gone up10 9114
No. of times price has gone down712 102
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks gain as US jobs report sparks dollar rally (AFP)
EU urged to heed 'wake up call'after Asian disaster (AFP)
European Stocks Hit a New 2-1/2 Year High (Reuters)
Slovakia Evolves Into European Auto Hub (AP)
London shares close higher as BA soars and insurers extend gains (AFP)
Global Markets: Data, Fed Dent Stocks (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)

On this day
2001 Marks and Spencer were identified by a study to be the firm that had destroyed the most shareholder value in the previous three years.

BBC - On This Day
1989: Dozens die as plane crashes on motorway
A Boeing 737 airplane crashes onto the M1 motorway near East Midlands airport, killing 46 people.
1991: One dead as train crashes into buffers
One person dies and hundreds are injured when a commuter train from Kent crashes into buffers at Cannon Street station in London.
1959: De Gaulle becomes president
General Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed first President of the new Fifth Republic in France during a brief ceremony at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
2001: Bulger killers win anonymity for life
The identities and whereabouts of the two boys who murdered toddler James Bulger in 1993 will be kept secret for the rest of their lives, the High Court has ruled.
1979: Vietnam forces Khmer Rouge retreat
Hundreds of Khmer Rouge troops are fleeing Cambodia after being crushed by Vietnamese-led rebel forces.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 8

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