UK Stock Market Almanac

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

April 5: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.239 %
Standard deviation0.709
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19844
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)132692699
Avg. % change0.13%0.361%0.467%0.102%
Standard deviation % change1.0351.6721.6260.705
No. of times price has gone up6 10102
No. of times price has gone down1010 71
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Pound loses ground versus dollar (AFP)
EU head office revises 2005 growth forecast lower to 1.6 per cent (Canadian Press)
European stocks drop amid soaring oil prices (AFP)
EU will challenge restrictive S Korean bank bill (FT.com)
London shares closes higher as US interest rate concerns ease (AFP)
French economy grew 2.4 per cent in 2004, now risks slowdown (Canadian Press)
Share Prices Fall on London Exchange (AP)
German unemployed put Schroeder in stranglehold (AFP)
Bids for British stock exchange face competition probe delays (AFP)
Stocks End Higher on Economic Optimism (AP)
Chirac says EU fiscal reform won't affect euro's credibility (AFP)

On this day
1964 First driverless trains ran on the London Underground.

BBC - On This Day
1986: Berlin disco bombed
A bomb explodes in La Belle disco crowded with US servicemen in Berlin, Germany, killing at least two and injuring over 100.
1955: Sir Winston Churchill resigns
Sir Winston Churchill resigns as prime minister of Britain due to failing health.
1970: West German envoy killed by rebels
West Germany's kidnapped ambassador to Guatemala has been shot dead.
1988: Hijackers free 25 hostages
Hijackers who have taken control of a Kuwait Airways jumbo jet free 25 passengers.
2001: Driver jailed for immigrant deaths
A Dutch lorry driver has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the deaths of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for April 5

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