UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, May 01, 2005

May 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.065 %
Standard deviation0.787
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)315344329194
Avg. % change-0.227%-0.634%-0.347%-0.028%
Standard deviation % change1.1732.662.2870.749
No. of times price has gone up10 9102
No. of times price has gone down710 73
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


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
1961 After 1 May 1961, when they became legal in the UK, betting shops opened at a rate of 100 a week.

BBC - On This Day
1945: Germany announces Hitler is dead
The German Fuhrer is killed in the Reich Chancery of Berlin fighting the Soviets, according to German radio.
1982: RAF bombs Port Stanley
British planes attack two airstrips near the capital of the Falkland Islands in the war to rid the islands of Argentine forces
1994: Race ace Senna killed in car crash
The world-class Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna dies in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Italy.
1973: Thousands strike over pay and prices
More than a million workers join a one-day strike in protest at the government's pay restraint policy and price rises.
1961: Victorious Castro bans elections
Fidel Castro declares Cuba a socialist nation saying, "The revolution has no time for elections."
2000: May Day violence on London streets
Hundreds of anti-capitalist demonstrators fight running battles with police - the Cenotaph and statue of Winston Churchill are defaced with graffiti

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for May 1

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