February 22: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.115 %
Standard deviation	0.693
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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	-0.166%	-0.245%	-0.515%	-0.388%
Standard deviation % change	1.303	0.886	1.272	1.141
No. of times price has gone up	11	8	6	0
No. of times price has gone down	9	14	14	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
Repsol Leads European Stocks Lower (Reuters)
Dollar Falls 1 Pct Against Euro and Yen (Reuters)
Small economies and new members to drive EU growth in 2005: UN (AFP)
Ukraine cool to Russia-led economic zone (AFP)
Drugs Brighten Weak European Stocks (Reuters)
European stocks supported by pharmaceuticals (AFP)
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)
France Economy Up 0.8 Percent in 4th Qtr. (AP)
EU Orders Greece to Stabilize Finances (AP)

On this day
1879 Frank Woolworth opened the Great 5 Cents Store in New York and started the retail revolution.
1947 Edwin H. Land, aged 37, President of the Polaroid Corporation demonstrates his new camera to the Optical Society of America.
2002 Colt Telecom shares joined the 99 Percent Club when they close at 37p (over 99 percent below their high in 2000).

BBC - On This Day
1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks
Five women and an army priest are killed in an IRA bomb attack on army premises in Surrey.
1997: Dolly the sheep is cloned
A sheep named Dolly is cloned by scientists in Edinburgh and is being hailed as one of the most significant breakthroughs of the decade.
1955: American tennis star 'Little Mo' to quit
Maureen Connolly, one of America's greatest tennis players, is to retire from the sport after a horse-riding accident.
1991: Bush threatens Iraq with land war
The US President, George Bush, gives Iraq until 1700 GMT tomorrow to pull out of Kuwait or face the full force of the allies.
1986: Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go
Two senior members of the government take refuge in the defence ministry building after demanding President Marcos step down following controversial elections.
1974: Hearst 'ransom' provokes violence
Fighting breaks out around food distribution points in California as newspaper tycoon Randolph Hearst pays a $2 million ransom for his kidnapped daughter Patty.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 22