April 30: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.236 %
Standard deviation	0.572
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	10

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	66	132	30	146
Avg. % change	0.26%	0.167%	0.443%	0.021%
Standard deviation % change	0.888	1.097	1.22	0.739
No. of times price has gone up	13	12	11	1
No. of times price has gone down	6	11	9	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
Latvia, Malta, Cyprus Link to Euro (AP)
European stocks claw back earlier losses amid mining rally (AFP)
German Gov't Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast (AP)
European Stocks Dip After NY Loss (Reuters)
Mandelson calls for understanding from both EU, China (AFP)
Shares close flat as NY losses offsets Glaxo surge (AFP)
European Stocks Fall, Bonds Wobble (Reuters)
Dollar Rebounds Against Euro (Reuters)
EU Commission Proposes $146.2B 2006 Budget (AP)
Former ECB chief slams governments'efforts to influence rate policy (AFP)
Row over Chinese textile exports sews new European, American unity (AFP)

On this day
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BBC - On This Day
1975: Saigon surrenders
The war in Vietnam ends as the government in Saigon announces its unconditional surrender to the Vietcong.
1973: Nixon takes rap for Watergate scandal
President Richard Nixon takes responsibility for the Watergate scandal but denies any personal involvement.
1999: Dozens injured in Soho nail bomb
Two people are killed and at least 30 injured in the third nail-bomb attack in London in two weeks.
1993: Tennis star stabbed
The world number one women's tennis player, Monica Seles, is stabbed in the back during a quarter-final match in Hamburg.
1952: Anne Frank published in English
The British public gets the chance to read The Diary of a Young Girl, written by Anne Frank who hid from the Nazis in Holland during the war.

Wikipedia On This Day
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