UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, February 27, 2005

February 27: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.065 %
Standard deviation0.595
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change0.739%0.03%0.288%0.498%
Standard deviation % change3.4971.9461.5722.407
No. of times price has gone up13 10134
No. of times price has gone down813 82
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
French Minister's Ouster Threatens EU Constitution Vote (Reuters)
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)

On this day
1998 Alliance & Leicester shares reach an all-time high of 964p, after floating just 10 months earlier at 542.5p.

BBC - On This Day
2002: Hindus die in train fire
A fire on a train in India results in the deaths of 57 Hindu pilgrims returning from the disputed holy site of Ayodhya.
1975: PC murder linked to IRA bomb factory
Scotland Yard says the man who shot dead a police officer in London yesterday had been staying in a flat used as a "bomb factory"by the IRA.
1963: Man charged over plot to kill de Gaulle
Antoine Argoud, President De Gaulle's arch enemy and a former colonel in the French Army, is charged with an assassination attempt.
1999: Nigerians vote to break with military
Voters flock to polling stations in Nigeria to elect a civilian president and end military rule that has lasted 15 years.
1953: Spelling bill passes second reading
A proposal to simplify English spelling has cleared its second hurdle in parliament.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 27

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