UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, March 05, 2005

March 5: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.149 %
Standard deviation0.982
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)
Avg. % change-0.14%-0.105%0.281%-0.126%
Standard deviation % change1.1652.182.071.048
No. of times price has gone up9 9121
No. of times price has gone down1215 95
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
London shares close higher as US rate fears recede (AFP)
U.S. Data Lift Euro Stocks, Bond Prices (Reuters)
German Business Failures Down in 2004 (AP)
European Stocks Steady Before Payrolls (Reuters)
European stocks climb in early deals (AFP)
Quebec Premier Charest calls for stronger NAFTA modelled on EU (Canadian Press)
ECB Puts Brave Face on Slowdown, Rates Kept Steady (Reuters)
Trichet slams EU's extension of deadline for Greece to cut public deficit (AFP)
AstraZeneca sees share price surge after FDA backs Crestor drug (AFP)
AstraZeneca helps London's FTSE 100 higher (FT.com)
EU member states fail to report fraud consistently: British watchdog (AFP)

On this day
1980 The price of platinum hit $1048.22 - its historic high.

BBC - On This Day
1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji
A BOAC Boeing 707 crashes into Mount Fuji in Japan killing all 124 people on board, just 25 minutes after take-off.
1953: Soviet leader 'on brink of death'
Rumours are circulating in Moscow that Joseph Stalin, the long-time leader of the Soviet Union, is near death.
1973: Mid-air collision kills 68
Sixty-eight passengers and crew die when two Spanish aircraft collide in mid-air over France.
1956: US court victory for black students
The United States Supreme Court upholds a ban on racial segregation in state schools, colleges and universities.
1993: Johnson gets life ban from athletics
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson is banned from athletics for life after failing a drugs test for a second time.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 5

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