UK Stock Market Almanac

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

March 30: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.41 %
Standard deviation1.021
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)230179270321
Avg. % change-0.052%0.035%-0.133%-0.343%
Standard deviation % change1.0531.8781.4770.888
No. of times price has gone up8 9100
No. of times price has gone down1113 94
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks fall after poor Asia showing (AFP)
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)
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)

BBC - On This Day
1981: President Reagan is shot
President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded when a lone gunman opens fire in Washington.
1979: Car bomb kills Airey Neave
Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave is killed by a car bomb as he leaves the House of Commons car park.
1951: Rosenbergs guilty of espionage
An American electrical engineer and his wife are found guilty by the Federal Court in New York of passing secrets about the atomic bomb to Russia.
2002: Queen Mother dies
Buckingham Palace announces that the Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep aged 101.
1992: John Major climbs onto his soapbox
Prime Minister John Major gets onto his soapbox to persuade Conservatives to come out and vote.
1978: Tories recruit advertisers to win votes
Saatchi &Saatchi gets the job of revamping the Conservative Party image ahead of the General Election.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 30

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