UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, April 28, 2005

April 28: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.361 %
Standard deviation1.078
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)349356342322
Avg. % change-0.404%-0.82%-0.455%-0.345%
Standard deviation % change1.1242.7682.6611.866
No. of times price has gone up7 671
No. of times price has gone down1216 134
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Earnings, Cheaper Oil Lift Europe Stocks (Reuters)
Dollar Rebounds Against Euro (Reuters)
EU Commission Proposes $146.2B 2006 Budget (AP)
Germany Plans to Curb Cheap Labor Inflow (AP)
European stocks fail to take off in early deals (AFP)
Former ECB chief slams governments'efforts to influence rate policy (AFP)
Row over Chinese textile exports sews new European, American unity (AFP)
In the enlarged EU, winds of reform blow from the east (AFP)
FTSE 100 slides after disappointing results from Whitbread (AFP)
European bourses open flat (FT.com)
EU Approves Acquisition of Radianz (AP)

On this day
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BBC - On This Day
1986: Soviets admit nuclear accident
The Soviet Union acknowledges there has been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
1996: Gunman runs amok in Tasmania
At least 32 die when a man opens fire indiscriminately on a crowded tourist area of Tasmania, Australia.
1945: Italian partisans kill Mussolini
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and some close associates.
1969: President Charles de Gaulle resigns
The French president, Charles de Gaulle, resigns from office after 11 years, following his defeat in a referendum on governmental reforms.
1994: CIA double agent jailed for life
Former CIA agent Aldrich Ames admits selling secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, in one of the most damaging spy cases in US history.
2001: First space tourist blasts off
A billionaire businessman from California becomes the first paying passenger to go to outer space.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 28

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