UK Stock Market Almanac

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

February 23: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.025 %
Standard deviation1.019
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.21%-0.494%-0.43%-0.392%
Standard deviation % change1.0822.1151.1151.859
No. of times price has gone up7 1181
No. of times price has gone down1412 123
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Oil, Ifo Hit European Stocks (Reuters)
Stocks show no steel ahead of Wall Street reopening (AFP)
Dollar Sinks, SKorea Reserve Shift Weighs (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)
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
1923 UK lowered import duty on German products from 26% to 5%.

BBC - On This Day
1945: US flag raised over Iwo Jima
The 28th Regiment of the 5th Marines take Mount Suribachi as the battle for control of Japanese-held Iwo Jima rages on.
1981: Rebel army seizes control in Spain
Soldiers and members of the Civil Guard storm the Spanish Parliament threatening the fledgling democracy, once ruled by dictator General Franco.
1959: Macmillan and Khrushchev talk peace
On his ten-day visit to the Soviet Union, the British Prime Minister forges cultural and trade links between East and West.
1972: Hostages freed by Lufthansa hijackers
A group of Palestinian hijackers who took over a Lufthansa jet in the skies over India two days ago has released the crew.
1963: Shocking wardens could be legal
Peter Hicks, a farmer who electrified his car to ward off traffic wardens in London's Covent Garden may be able to evade the law.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 23

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