March 11: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.313 %
Standard deviation	1.073
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
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)	342	186	211	15
Avg. % change	-0.347%	0.017%	-0.018%	0.48%
Standard deviation % change	1.001	2.323	1.387	1.343
No. of times price has gone up	9	12	10	5
No. of times price has gone down	10	11	8	0

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

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Yahoo European Business
European Shares Boosted by Techs (Reuters)
U.S. in Shift to Back EU on Iran Incentives (Reuters)
Shares slide, weighed down by weak oil and mining stocks (AFP)
Bank of England leaves key rate at 4.75 percent (AFP)
Schroeder to Consider Economic Action (AP)
Bank of England Keeps Key Rate Steady (AP)
European stocks fall after Wall Street hammered by rising oil prices (AFP)
Officials Discuss EU's Economic Plan (AP)
EU warning as talks on budget rules fail (AFP)
With two weeks to deadline, EU countries deadlocked on euro rules reform (Canadian Press)
Brown warns against leaving EU fiscal rules unchanged (AFP)

On this day
1991 first trading day of the newly privatised International Power
1991 first trading day of the newly privatised PowerGen

BBC - On This Day
2004: 170 die as bombs destroy Madrid trains
At least 170 people are killed after powerful explosions tear through three Madrid train stations during the morning rush-hour.
1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin - Mikhail Gorbachev takes over following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
1955: Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - dies of a heart attack.
1977: Roman Polanski charged with rape
French film director Roman Polanski is charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in Hollywood.
1974: 'Anti-IRA spies' break out of jail
Two self-proclaimed British Government spies have escaped from a top-security prison in Ireland where they were serving sentences for armed robbery.
2001: Big rise in new cases of foot-and-mouth
It is the worst day for new foot-and-mouth cases since the disease was first diagnosed two weeks ago

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 11