UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, April 21, 2005

April 21: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.046 %
Standard deviation0.46
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19846


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)17113318421
Avg. % change0.052%0.163%0.051%0.374%
Standard deviation % change0.4432.261.880.99
No. of times price has gone up9 883
No. of times price has gone down713 100
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
FTSE 100 groups hinder reporting revolution (FT.com)
London shares close lower as financials slide and ex-div factors weigh (AFP)
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)

On this day
1952 BOAC began its first passenger service with jets (London-Rome route).

BBC - On This Day
1945: Red Army enters outskirts of Berlin
Russian troops capture some outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city.
1987: Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast
More than 100 people have been killed after a bomb exploded in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
1975: Vietnam's President Thieu resigns
The President of South Vietnam steps down accusing the United States of betrayal in a blistering attack broadcast to the nation
1994: 'Guildford Four' man cleared of IRA murder
One of the Guildford Four, Paul Hill, has won his appeal against a conviction for an IRA murder in Northern Ireland.
1955: Fleet Street papers back after strike
National newspapers are published for the first time in nearly a month following the end of the maintenance workers' strike.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 21

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