March 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Metals data for today
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996
Yahoo European Business
European Shares Little Changed (Reuters)
London opens higher but Dax dips (FT.com)
Qatar, Total, Exxon Sign LNG Export Deal (Reuters)
Euro-Zone Inflation Drops to 1.9 Percent (AP)
European stocks higher in early deals (AFP)
French Minister's Ouster Threatens EU Constitution Vote (Reuters)
Chinese Checkers (Investor's Business Daily)
London shares close in the black (AFP)
British Economy Grows in Final 2004 Quarter (AP)
British economy grows by 0.7 percent in fourth quarter (AFP)
Shares slip on worries over oil, corporate earnings (AFP)
On this day
1971 Around 1.5 million workers in the UK staged a one-day strike in protest against the Industrial Relations Bill. Motor industry, docks and newspapers were the worst affected.
BBC - On This Day
1950: Communist spy jailed for 14 years
Nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for espionage.
1954: US tests hydrogen bomb in Bikini
The biggest explosion ever made by man is witnessed in the Pacific when US scientists explode their second H-bomb at Bikini Atoll.
1994: West charged as death toll mounts
Fred West is charged with two further murders following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home.
1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan
The armed Palestinian group Black September has seized the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum.
1971: Workers down tools over union rights
Hundreds of thousands of workers across Britain take part in an unofficial day of protest against the government's new industrial relations Bill.
1966: Britain to go decimal in 1971
Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan confirms the "historic and momentous"decision to change over to decimal coinage.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 1
| Average percentage change for this day | 0.239 % |
| Standard deviation | 1.115 |
| No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984 | 5 |
| No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984 | 9 |
Metals data for today
| Gold | Silver | Platinum | Paladium | |
| Day ranking (out of 365) | ||||
| Avg. % change | -0.097% | 0.102% | -0.158% | -0.28% |
| Standard deviation % change | 0.702 | 1.973 | 1.662 | 0.919 |
| No. of times price has gone up | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| No. of times price has gone down | 13 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
Yahoo European Business
European Shares Little Changed (Reuters)
London opens higher but Dax dips (FT.com)
Qatar, Total, Exxon Sign LNG Export Deal (Reuters)
Euro-Zone Inflation Drops to 1.9 Percent (AP)
European stocks higher in early deals (AFP)
French Minister's Ouster Threatens EU Constitution Vote (Reuters)
Chinese Checkers (Investor's Business Daily)
London shares close in the black (AFP)
British Economy Grows in Final 2004 Quarter (AP)
British economy grows by 0.7 percent in fourth quarter (AFP)
Shares slip on worries over oil, corporate earnings (AFP)
On this day
1971 Around 1.5 million workers in the UK staged a one-day strike in protest against the Industrial Relations Bill. Motor industry, docks and newspapers were the worst affected.
BBC - On This Day
1950: Communist spy jailed for 14 years
Nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for espionage.
1954: US tests hydrogen bomb in Bikini
The biggest explosion ever made by man is witnessed in the Pacific when US scientists explode their second H-bomb at Bikini Atoll.
1994: West charged as death toll mounts
Fred West is charged with two further murders following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home.
1973: Palestinian gunmen hold diplomats in Sudan
The armed Palestinian group Black September has seized the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum.
1971: Workers down tools over union rights
Hundreds of thousands of workers across Britain take part in an unofficial day of protest against the government's new industrial relations Bill.
1966: Britain to go decimal in 1971
Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan confirms the "historic and momentous"decision to change over to decimal coinage.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 1
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