February 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.147 %
Standard deviation	1.133
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
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	-0.278%	-0.297%	-0.045%	-4.045%
Standard deviation % change	1.396	1.708	0.989	20.074
No. of times price has gone up	6	9	8	2
No. of times price has gone down	10	14	12	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Shares Drift Lower (Reuters)
European stocks race higher as FTSE pushes towards 5,000 (AFP)
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)
German Unemployment Passes 5 Million Mark (AP)
EU Sets Out on Course to Create More Jobs (AP)
EU outlines new business-friendly economic vision (AFP)
Shares rise with help from mining issues and strong Wall Street (AFP)
Poll: Europeans Down on Economy (AP)

On this day
1933 First flight of all-metal Boeing 247.

BBC - On This Day
1952: New Queen proclaimed for UK
Princess Elizabeth proclaims herself Queen at a ceremony in St James's Palace, London.
1994: Police probe MP's suspicious death
Forensic scientists investigate the "suspicious circumstances"of the death of Conservative MP for Eastleigh Stephen Milligan.
1962: Eight die in Paris riot
At least eight people have been killed during a demonstration in the French capital protesting against the independence of Algeria.
1983: Sharon quits after massacre inquiry
Ariel Sharon is removed from office in the Israeli government following a tribunal into the 1982 killings of hundreds of people in two refugee camps.
1974: Americans end outer space marathon
Three US astronauts return safely to Earth after a record-breaking stay in space.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for February 8