February 21: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.081 %
Standard deviation	0.811
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.604%	0.298%	0.255%	0.448%
Standard deviation % change	1.848	2.388	1.006	2.419
No. of times price has gone up	13	11	13	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	12	7	2

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)

On this day
1947 Inventor Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land camera, which self-develops a black-and-white photo in 60 seconds.

BBC - On This Day
1972: Nixon makes historic visit to China
The American President Richard Nixon arrives in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries.
1965: Black nationalist leader shot dead
Controversial black leader Malcolm X, who once called for a "blacks-only"state in the US, has been assassinated.
1997: Bridgewater Three freed
Three men jailed 18 years ago for the murder of 13-year-old paper boy Carl Bridgewater are released after their convictions are ruled unsafe.
2001: Ban follows foot-and-mouth outbreak
The European Commission bans all British milk, meat and livestock exports following the UK's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease for two decades.
1988: TV evangelist quits over sex scandal
Jimmy Swaggart, America's leading television evangelist, resigns from his ministry after revelations he had been consorting with a prostitute.

Wikipedia On This Day
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