UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, February 26, 2005

February 26: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.009 %
Standard deviation0.664
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19848
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.045%-0.802%-0.072%-0.157%
Standard deviation % change0.9672.2341.5460.848
No. of times price has gone up10 893
No. of times price has gone down1016 123
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Chinese Checkers (Investor's Business Daily)
London shares close in the black (AFP)
European stocks rise in early deals after Wall Street rally (AFP)
British Economy Grows in Final 2004 Quarter (AP)
British economy grows by 0.7 percent in fourth quarter (AFP)
European Stocks Rise (Reuters)
Shares slip on worries over oil, corporate earnings (AFP)
Dollar Rises as FOMC Suggests Rate Hikes (Reuters)
German Business Sentiment Gets Worse (AP)
Small economies and new members to drive EU growth in 2005: UN (AFP)
Ukraine cool to Russia-led economic zone (AFP)

On this day
1987 The first release of Beatles compact discs.

BBC - On This Day
1984: US troops withdraw from Beirut
The last of the remaining American forces occupying Beirut have pulled out of the Lebanese capital.
1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York
A suspected car bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center in New York killing at least five people.
1968: Hospital blaze kills 21 patients
Twenty-one female patients die in a fire which sweeps through a wing of the Shelton Mental Hospital near Shrewsbury.
1987: Synod says 'yes' to women priests
The Church of England's General Synod votes by a huge majority in favour of the ordination of women priests.
2000: UK Government moves to gag ex-spy
Former British spy David Shayler is being sued by the government for breach of confidence and contract over information leaked to a newspaper.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 26

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