UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, February 12, 2005

February 12: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.268 %
Standard deviation0.907
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19849
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.084%0.112%0.062%-3.707%
Standard deviation % change0.8942.2761.20219.274
No. of times price has gone up13 9125
No. of times price has gone down714 92
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Share Prices Up 0.9 Percent in London (AP)
French Economy Posts Upbeat Growths (AP)
European Stocks Track NY Gain (Reuters)
Shares close higher as FTSE 100 hits 5,000 mark (AFP)
Bank of England leaves interest rates at 4.75 percent (AFP)
FTSE 100 closes lower as oil prices bounce back (AFP)
London FTSE 100 breaks through 5,000 points barrier (AFP)
Bank of England expected to hold interest rates (AFP)
European stocks steady in early trading (AFP)
U.S. Dollar Gains on Euro (AP)
Commentary: The Downside Of Higher Productivity (BusinessWeek Online)

On this day
2002 Body Shop shares fell 10% on the announcement that its founder and co-chairman, Anita Roddick, was to step down, and that it was pulling out of takeover talks.

BBC - On This Day
1989: Belfast lawyer Finucane murdered
Leading solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead at his home in north Belfast in front of his wife and children.
1964: Deaths follow Cyprus truce breach
Fighting between ethnic Turks and Greeks in the disputed island of Cyprus has left at least 16 people dead.
1994: Art thieves snatch Scream
One of the world's best-known paintings, The Scream by Edvard Munch, is stolen from a museum in Norway.
1954: New authority for atomic energy
A new body is established to control the production and development of atomic energy in the UK.
1999: Scientists highlight hazards of GM food
A group of international scientists reinforces warnings genetically modified food may be damaging to health.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 12

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