February 24: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.08 %
Standard deviation	1.047
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	-0.135%	-0.022%	0.116%	-0.198%
Standard deviation % change	0.599	1.056	1.102	2.656
No. of times price has gone up	8	13	10	4
No. of times price has gone down	13	11	10	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Share Prices Flat (Reuters)
British economists predict interest rate rise as central bank reveals dissent (Canadian Press)
Shares slip on worries over oil, corporate earnings (AFP)
Dollar Rises as FOMC Suggests Rate Hikes (Reuters)
German Business Sentiment Gets Worse (AP)
European stocks drop after heavy Wall Street losses (AFP)
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)

On this day
1982 first trading day of the newly privatised Amersham
1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, in Stamford in Texas.

BBC - On This Day
1955: Britain's big freeze
Deep snow and freezing temperatures continue to cause havoc across much of Britain.
1968: South Vietnamese recapture Hue
The South Vietnamese celebrate the recapture of the country's third city, Hue, after a battle lasting three weeks.
1950: Labour wins slim majority
Clement Attlee returns as prime minister of Britain but with a single-figure majority.
1981: Prince Charles and Lady Di to marry
The Prince of Wales and the Lady Diana Spencer end months of speculation by announcing they are to wed this summer.
1999: Lawrence report blasts 'racist' police
A highly-critical report into the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence labels London's police force "institutionally racist".
1971: UK restricts Commonwealth migrants
Commonwealth citizens lose their automatic right to remain in the UK under the government's new Immigration Bill.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 24