February 5: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.039 %
Standard deviation	1.149
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	9
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change	0.104%	0.278%	0.401%	-3.71%
Standard deviation % change	1.511	1.685	1.627	19.27
No. of times price has gone up	7	12	13	4
No. of times price has gone down	14	9	8	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
European stocks end week on high note (AFP)
European Stocks at New 2-1/2 Year Highs (Reuters)
U.S. Dollar Gains on Euro (AP)
Commentary: The Downside Of Higher Productivity (BusinessWeek Online)
Nations Balk at New EU Tariffs on Bananas (AP)
Henkel profits soar on one-off gains (AFP)
Profit taking likely to nudge bourses lower (FT.com)
German Unemployment Passes 5 Million Mark (AP)
Brussels warned over terror finance law (FT.com)
EU Sets Out on Course to Create More Jobs (AP)
EU outlines new business-friendly economic vision (AFP)

On this day
1982 Pioneering budget airliner Laker Airways collapsed owing £270 million.

BBC - On This Day
1994: Market massacre in Sarajevo
A mortar bomb explodes in the main market square in Sarajevo killing 68 and wounding 200 people.
1974: Newspaper heiress kidnapped
The 19-year-old daughter of the millionaire American publisher, Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her home in California.
1968: Trawler sinks - 18 feared dead
Another trawler from Hull sinks off the coast of Iceland, with all hands on board - the third in three weeks.
1982: Laker Airways goes bust
Pioneering budget airliner Laker Airways collapses owing £270 million to banks and other creditors.
1953: Sweet news ends rationing
The rationing of confectionery ends after 10 years, with schoolchildren first in the queue for unlimited sweets and chocolate.

Wikipedia On This Day
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