UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, April 24, 2005

April 24: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.081 %
Standard deviation0.813
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)571182301
Avg. % change0.288%0.934%0.27%-0.244%
Standard deviation % change1.013.1831.2970.838
No. of times price has gone up11 11102
No. of times price has gone down810 83
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
France Constitution Rejection Worries EU (AP)
London shares close higher, rally in oils and Smiths jump offset NY dip (AFP)
British Economy Grows 0.6 Percent in 1Q (AP)
British economic growth slows ahead of general election (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)
London shares close lower as financials slide and ex-div factors weigh (AFP)
German Economic Sentiment Drops Sharply (AP)
European Shares at 2-1/2 Month Lows (Reuters)
EU Ban Bites Into S. Africa Ostrich Trade (AP)

On this day
1975 UK government announced plans to invest £1,400m in car maker British Leyland.

BBC - On This Day
1993: IRA bomb devastates City of London
A massive bomb rips through the heart of the City of London, killing one and injuring more than 40.
1975: Baader-Meinhof blow up embassy
A tense stand-off at the West German embassy in Stockholm ends in violence.
1954: British crackdown on Kenya rebels
Security forces round up more than 10,000 men in the biggest anti-Mau Mau operation since the state of emergency was declared in Kenya 18 months ago.
1982: First Briton dies in Falklands campaign
A crewman of a Sea King helicopter on its way to the Falklands Islands is missing and presumed dead after the aircraft crashed.
1967: Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash
The Soviet Union announces the catastrophic failure of its latest space mission, with the crash of Soyuz 1 and the death of the cosmonaut on board.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 24

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