May 10: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.015 %
Standard deviation	1.002
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	9
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	6

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	95	147	158	210
Avg. % change	0.192%	0.114%	0.097%	-0.051%
Standard deviation % change	0.965	1.993	1.365	0.224
No. of times price has gone up	12	11	8	1
No. of times price has gone down	7	10	12	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
Russia and EU agree on a breakthrough deal (Reuters)
Russia-EU Relationship Based on Solid Core (AP)
European stocks drop in early trading (AFP)
European bourses set for opening losses (FT.com)
Britain set for weaker economy, whether or not Brown is finance chief (AFP)
London shares close lower as financials slide and ex-div factors weigh (AFP)
Creo Inc. loses $4.1 million US in Q2: currency fluctuation, restructuring (Canadian Press)
ECB holds rates, markets await Trichet (Reuters)
Germany's Schroeder meets Turkish leaders on EU bid, economic ties (AFP)
Euro-Zone Unemployment Up to 8.9 Percent (AP)
French economy minister hopes for deal stemming Chinese flood of textile exports (AFP)

On this day
1901 Edward Harriman and J.P Morgan battle for control of the Northern Pacific railroad and precipitate one of the first great panics on Wall Street. Samuel Bolton, a speculator who lost out, commits suicide by drowning himself in a vat of hot beer.

BBC - On This Day
1994: Mandela becomes SA's first black president
Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule.
1940: Churchill takes helm as Germans advance
German forces invade the Low Countries by air and land, while in London, Chamberlain is replaced by Churchill.
1998: Sinn Fein backs peace deal
The political wing of the republican IRA back the Good Friday peace agreement heralding a major shift in modern republicanism.
1978: Italy mourns murdered statesman
The murdered Italian politician Aldo Moro is buried after a private funeral service, 55 days after he was kidnapped by the Red Brigade.
1967: Two Rolling Stones on drugs charges
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared before magistrates charged with drug offences.

Wikipedia On This Day
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