April 20: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.203 %
Standard deviation	1.053
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	336	289	287	138
Avg. % change	-0.323%	-0.254%	-0.179%	0.032%
Standard deviation % change	0.904	1.658	1.22	1.873
No. of times price has gone up	4	8	5	2
No. of times price has gone down	12	8	11	2

Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996

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Yahoo European Business
French No vote 'could force rate rise (FT.com)
European stocks rebound after Wall Street steadies (AFP)
German Economic Sentiment Drops Sharply (AP)
Bourses expected to stem losses at open (FT.com)
Spectre of heavy lawsuit losses hangs over Bucharest (FT.com)
European Shares at 2-1/2 Month Lows (Reuters)
EU Ban Bites Into S. Africa Ostrich Trade (AP)
Pro-EU Premier Wins Turkish Cypriot Vote (AP)
French 'non'to EU constitution could knock investor confidence (AFP)
Sterling stays strong versus listing euro (AFP)
London shares end session in the red, hit by NY falls and slide in miners (AFP)

BBC - On This Day
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A shooting spree by two American high school students is feared to have left up to 25 people dead.
1968: Powell slates immigration policy
The Conservative right-winger, Enoch Powell, has made a hard-hitting speech attacking the government's immigration policy.
1974: 'Troubles' death toll hits 1,000
The conflict in Northern Ireland has claimed its 1,000th victim, a petrol station owner from County Fermanagh.
1953: UN and Korea begin prisoner exchange
The US and Korea swap sick and wounded prisoners of war at Panmunjon.
1972: Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis
The Apollo 16 manned mission to the Moon lands after a seven-hour crisis which nearly aborts the mission.

Wikipedia On This Day
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