UK Stock Market Almanac

Friday, April 22, 2005

April 22: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.084 %
Standard deviation0.785
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19848
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)6025228630
Avg. % change0.28%-0.157%-0.173%0.314%
Standard deviation % change1.0161.7941.0761.872
No. of times price has gone up13 1272
No. of times price has gone down610 123
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
British economy grows by 0.6 percent in first quarter (AFP)
EU targets retail financial services (FT.com)
Iran Sees 'Genuine'EU Effort to Reach Nuke Deal (Reuters)
European stocks rise as Pernod-Allied drinks deal lifts trade (AFP)
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)
German Economic Sentiment Drops Sharply (AP)
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)

On this day
1864 US first minted the $2 coin (with the first appearance of ""In God We Trust"").

BBC - On This Day
2000: Swat team grabs tug-of-love Cuban boy
US federal agents seize six-year-old Elian Gonzalez in a early morning raid on his relatives' home.
1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail
The British ballerina arrives in New York after spending 24 hours in a Panamanian prison.
1997: Troops storm embassy in Peru
The four-month siege of the Japanese embassy in Peru ends in gunfire and explosions as troops storm in.
1971: Haitian dictator dies
Haiti's ruler, Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier, has died after 14 years in power.
1980: Deposed ministers executed in Liberia
Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia have been publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 22

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