UK Stock Market Almanac

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

April 13: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.184 %
Standard deviation0.592
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19844
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)193291228139
Avg. % change0.009%-0.258%-0.051%0.031%
Standard deviation % change1.0961.3581.3680.234
No. of times price has gone up8 591
No. of times price has gone down713 71
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
EU ministers call for currency appreciation in Asia (AFP)
European stocks fall amid British retail news (AFP)
EU calls for orderly appreciation of Asian currencies (AFP)
EU fails to agree on dividing money from Philip Morris settlement (AFP)
Eurozone calls for exchange rate flexibility from Asia (AFP)
EU, South Korea Face Off at WTO Meeting (AP)
Britain: If The Economy Ain'tBroke... (BusinessWeek Online)
Germany: EU Wants Closer Ties With Russia (AP)
PM Blair banking on strong British economy to hand Labour re-election (AFP)
EU stability pact reform won't help new members get euro quicker: Trichet (AFP)
London shares end week on high note as Boots bid talk lifts sentiment (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
1992: Labour's Neil Kinnock resigns
Neil Kinnock resigns as Labour Party leader blaming the Conservative-backed press for his party's defeat at the general election.
1989: Six killed in West Bank village raid
At least six Palestinians have been killed in an early morning raid by Israeli soldiers on an Arab village on the West Bank.
1975: 'Cambridge rapist' strikes again
Police believe a woman attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning was the sixth victim of a serial rapist operating in Cambridge.
1964: Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win
Sidney Poitier has become the first black person to win the best actor Oscar.
1997: Tiger Woods wins Masters at 21
Golfing sensation Tiger Woods wins the US Masters, the youngest player ever to do so.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 13

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