UK Stock Market Almanac

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

March 29: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.195 %
Standard deviation0.811
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)292272283254
Avg. % change-0.165%-0.203%-0.168%-0.122%
Standard deviation % change0.741.3751.1520.592
No. of times price has gone up7 861
No. of times price has gone down912 112
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Bids for British stock exchange face competition probe delays (AFP)
Stocks End Higher on Economic Optimism (AP)
Chirac says EU fiscal reform won't affect euro's credibility (AFP)
Dollar Higher Against Yen in Asia Trading (AP)
European stocks rise in early deals ahead of Easter weekend (AFP)
Dollar Strength Helps European Stocks (Reuters)
EU rallies round France to head off constitution crisis (AFP)
EU in Tactical Retreat to Save French Referendum (Reuters)
German Business Confidence Dips in March (AP)
France, Germany Win Concessions at Summit (AP)
Schroeder: EU Gov'ts May Back Wolfowitz (AP)

On this day
1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering.

BBC - On This Day
1971: Calley guilty of My Lai massacre
Lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of murder at a court martial for his part in the My Lai massacre which claimed the lives of 500 South Vietnamese civilians.
1967: Bombs rain down on Torrey Canyon
The stricken oil supertanker, the Torrey Canyon, refuses to sink despite more than a day of heavy bombing by the RAF and the Royal Navy.
1971: Manson sent to gas chamber
Charles Manson and three members of his hippy cult are sentenced to death in Los Angeles.
1999: Hanratty family wins right to appeal
The case of James Hanratty is sent back to the Court of Appeal - 37 years after he was hanged for the notorious A6 murder in Bedfordshire.
1981: Triumph at first London Marathon
Thousands of people jog through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to try and cross the finish line of the first ever London marathon.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 29

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