February 20: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.163 %
Standard deviation	0.892
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	6

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	-0.001%	-0.295%	0.354%	-0.059%
Standard deviation % change	1.165	3.105	1.071	0.534
No. of times price has gone up	11	15	11	2
No. of times price has gone down	9	8	10	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
Eurozone data to show business confidence returning (AFP)
Angered airlines predict EU compensation rules will hit fares, service (AFP)
EU's Growth Gap (Investor's Business Daily)
European stocks looking to end week on high note (AFP)
France Economy Up 0.8 Percent in 4th Qtr. (AP)
European Shares Trade Sideways (Reuters)
EU Orders Greece to Stabilize Finances (AP)
US, EU voice goal of "barrier-free"transatlantic market (AFP)
London shares end lower, hit by rate hike concerns (AFP)
Eurozone ministers divided on stability pact reform (AFP)
France pushes case to lift China arms embargo despite US fears: minister (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1993: Two boys charged with toddler's murder
Two 10-year-old boys are charged with the abduction and murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool.
1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence
Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections.
1989: IRA bombs Tern Hill barracks
Police are hunting two IRA bombers who attacked an army barracks at Tern Hill in Shropshire.
1962: American spaceman rounds the world
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, lands safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
1958: Historic Sheerness docks to close
The government announces one the oldest naval dockyards in the UK will be shut down.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 20