February 15: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.177 %
Standard deviation	0.641
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.054%	0.714%	0.581%	0.266%
Standard deviation % change	0.91	1.7	1.122	1.886
No. of times price has gone up	11	18	14	1
No. of times price has gone down	9	4	5	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
London shares close in red (AFP)
European Shares Open Steady (Reuters)
French Treasury Penalizes Citigroup (AP)
Dollar Dips Against Euro After Rally (AP)
London starts week flat despite bid rumours (FT.com)
'Big Brother'producer Endemol looks to float on British bourse: report (AFP)
Share Prices Up 0.9 Percent in London (AP)
French Economy Posts Upbeat Growths (AP)
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)

On this day
1971 The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country.

BBC - On This Day
1952: British monarch laid to rest
King George VI is buried at St George's Chapel on his Windsor Castle estate.
1942: Singapore forced to surrender
British forces in Singapore surrender to the Japanese - seven days after enemy troops first stormed the island.
1974: No hope of survivors from missing Gaul trawler
The hunt in the Arctic Ocean for the missing British trawler and its 36-man crew is called off after a week.
1989: Soviet troops in Afghanistan pull-out
Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, nine years after they invaded the country.
1986: Printers and police clash in Wapping
Eight police officers are injured in the worst outbreak of violence yet outside the News International printing plant in Wapping, east London.
1961: Belgian jet crashes seconds before landing
At least 73 people are killed when a Boeing 707 jet airliner crashes at Berg, near Brussels airport.
1971: D-Day delivers new UK currency
The British Government launches a new decimal currency across the country.
1996: Arms-to-Iraq report published
The long-awaited report into the sale of arms-to-Iraq in the 1980s is published and contains strong criticisms of the ministers involved.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 15