April 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.392 %
Standard deviation	0.654
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	11
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	2

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	7	27	6	66
Avg. % change	0.619%	0.626%	0.638%	0.184%
Standard deviation % change	2.602	3.043	2.692	1.736
No. of times price has gone up	11	9	8	3
No. of times price has gone down	5	11	9	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU sues Italy over subsidy law; orders Rome to stop covering shipbuilding loans (Canadian Press)
European stocks mostly rise in early trade (AFP)
European stocks to open lower (FT.com)
Bourses set to open higher (FT.com)
Crude Futures Fall After EU Cuts Forecast (AP)
London shares end near day's highs as drink, pharma stocks excite (AFP)
Pound loses ground versus dollar (AFP)
EU head office revises 2005 growth forecast lower to 1.6 per cent (Canadian Press)
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)

On this day
1895 US Supreme Court declares income taxes unconstitutional.

BBC - On This Day
1953: Seven years' hard labour for Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to seven years hard labour accused of playing a leading role in the Mau Mau movement.
1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'
The lead-singer of grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, is found dead in his Seattle home.
1995: Death Row Briton is executed
British-born Nicholas Ingram has been executed in the electric chair in the US after two appeals to the US Supreme Court were turned down.
1997: BBC TV newsman turns politician
Veteran war reporter Martin Bell vows to defeat disgraced Conservative MP Neil Hamilton in the battle for Tatton.
1986: Eastwood voted mayor by landslide
Residents of the Californian town of Carmel have overwhelmingly voted for actor Clint Eastwood as their mayor.
1973: Art master Picasso dies
The artist Pablo Picasso has died of a heart attack at his chateau near Cannes on the French Riviera.

Wikipedia On This Day
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