March 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Metals data for today
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996
Yahoo European Business
Techs Depress Europe Shares, Valeo Rises (Reuters)
EU ministers mull proposed budget rule book reforms (AFP)
WTO: S. Korea Must Nix Some Shipbuilder Aid (AP)
Shares close off lows as Wall St helps offset weak GSK (AFP)
EU Debates Proposals on Stability Rules (AP)
European stocks nudge up in early deals (AFP)
Gulf seminar hears EU call for effective laws to fight terror funding (AFP)
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)
Quebec Premier Charest calls for stronger NAFTA modelled on EU (Canadian Press)
On this day
2000 Tech firms including Freeserve, Psion, Thus and Baltimore Technologies promoted to FTSE 100 elite of top London listed firms.
2004 Antofagasta replaced Safeway in the FTSE100 index, after its share price had risen 6 times in the previous 5 years.
BBC - On This Day
1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens
At least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
Bomb explodes in the cockpit of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport.
1971: Post strike ends with pay deal
British postal workers go back to work after seven weeks on strike.
1950: Gas turbine car gets road test
Car manufacturers Rover unveil the first car powered with a gas turbine engine.
2001: Speed racer's wreck raised
Divers have raised the wreck of Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 8
| Average percentage change for this day | 0.031 % |
| Standard deviation | 0.734 |
| 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 | -0.151% | 0.299% | 0.363% | 0.515% |
| Standard deviation % change | 1.197 | 1.67 | 1.885 | 1.363 |
| No. of times price has gone up | 10 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| No. of times price has gone down | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Yahoo European Business
Techs Depress Europe Shares, Valeo Rises (Reuters)
EU ministers mull proposed budget rule book reforms (AFP)
WTO: S. Korea Must Nix Some Shipbuilder Aid (AP)
Shares close off lows as Wall St helps offset weak GSK (AFP)
EU Debates Proposals on Stability Rules (AP)
European stocks nudge up in early deals (AFP)
Gulf seminar hears EU call for effective laws to fight terror funding (AFP)
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)
Quebec Premier Charest calls for stronger NAFTA modelled on EU (Canadian Press)
On this day
2000 Tech firms including Freeserve, Psion, Thus and Baltimore Technologies promoted to FTSE 100 elite of top London listed firms.
2004 Antofagasta replaced Safeway in the FTSE100 index, after its share price had risen 6 times in the previous 5 years.
BBC - On This Day
1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens
At least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon.
1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
Bomb explodes in the cockpit of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport.
1971: Post strike ends with pay deal
British postal workers go back to work after seven weeks on strike.
1950: Gas turbine car gets road test
Car manufacturers Rover unveil the first car powered with a gas turbine engine.
2001: Speed racer's wreck raised
Divers have raised the wreck of Donald Campbell's boat, Bluebird, from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for March 8
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