UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, April 16, 2005

April 16: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.151 %
Standard deviation1.014
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)219263250330
Avg. % change-0.034%-0.17%-0.098%-0.444%
Standard deviation % change1.8041.4722.3541.28
No. of times price has gone up8 731
No. of times price has gone down811 104
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks tumble on Wall Street slump, tech troubles (AFP)
Techs Lead European Stocks'Retreat (Reuters)
Sterling stays strong versus listing euro (AFP)
London shares end session in the red, hit by NY falls and slide in miners (AFP)
Dutch Bank's Bid for Antonveneta Approved (AP)
Chirac Urges French to OK Constitution (AP)
Romania, Bulgaria Must Reform to Join EU (AP)
EU ministers call for currency appreciation in Asia (AFP)
EU calls for orderly appreciation of Asian currencies (AFP)
EU fails to agree on dividing money from Philip Morris settlement (AFP)
EU ministers huddle for talks on weak growth (AFP)

On this day
2001 The Labour government overtook Unilever and Proctor and Gamble to become the biggest advertiser in the country according to figures from the Media Monitoring Service AC Nielsen MMS.

BBC - On This Day
1964: 'Great Train Robbers' get 300 years
Some of the longest sentences in British criminal history have been imposed on men involved in the so-called "Great Train Robbery".
1993: UN makes Srebrenica 'safe haven'
The United Nations Security Council votes to create a safe haven for Bosnian Muslims under siege in the town of Srebrenica.
1970: Paisley victory rattles NI parliament
Protestant right-winger Ian Paisley has won a seat in Northern Ireland's parliament.
1987: MP on gay sex charges
Conservative MP Harvey Proctor has appeared in court charged with indecency.
1953: Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia
Thousands welcome the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they arrived in Scotland to launch the new royal yacht, Britannia.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 16

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