UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, February 13, 2005

February 13: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.169 %
Standard deviation0.573
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 198410


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.009%0.951%0.038%0.282%
Standard deviation % change1.1153.5181.2781.107
No. of times price has gone up5 15104
No. of times price has gone down139 112
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
1990 Drexel Burnham Lambert filed for bankruptcy.
2004 Pizza Express swooped on rival restaurant chain Ask Central with an agreed £213m bid, beating a rival takeover offer from Caffe Uno owners The Restaurant Group.

BBC - On This Day
1991: US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad
Hundreds of Iraqi civilians are killed and wounded in Baghdad by American bombers.
1961: Ex-Congo PM declared dead
Officials in the Congolese province of Katanga declare former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba dead.
2001: Landmark Aids case begins in Scotland
A man goes on trial in Glasgow for knowingly infecting a woman with the HIV virus in a case believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland.
1978: Ford makes her ITN debut
Tomorrow's World presenter Anna Ford has been officially announced as ITN's first female newsreader.
1975: Miners set for 35 per cent pay rises
British mineworkers' leaders agree to accept the coal board's latest pay offer of up to 35%.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 13

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