May 14: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.449 %
Standard deviation	1.263
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	11
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	5

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	122	143	18	24
Avg. % change	0.147%	0.126%	0.51%	0.361%
Standard deviation % change	0.668	1.172	1.092	2.771
No. of times price has gone up	11	11	15	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	12	5	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU to Redesign Euro Coins; Outlook Mixed (AP)
European stocks hit by Wall Street tumble, oil price slide (AFP)
Car Sales in Europe Down Vs. Last Year (AP)
Dell net profit rises as PC sales rebound (Reuters)
EU calls for compromise with Cyprus on trade with north (AFP)
London shares close off session highs as Wal-Mart profit warning weighs (AFP)
German Economy Expands 1 Percent in 1Q (AP)
IMF agrees 10-billion-dollar credit for Turkey (AFP)
Bank Trims Its Economic Growth Forecast (AP)
Putin lambasts Baltics, sours Russia-EU summit (Reuters)
European Parliament calls for EU funds to help Northern Ireland family sue IRA (Canadian Press)

On this day
2002 The Daily Mirror and the Sun both cut the price of their daily papers to 20p. This battle of the tabloids broke out this week and was expected to cost more than £1m a week each in lost revenue.

BBC - On This Day
1955: Communist states sign Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign a defence pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, places all member countries under one military command.
1991: Mandela's wife jailed for kidnaps
Winnie Mandela, the wife of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela, is given a six-year jail term for her part in the kidnap of four youths.
1964: Nasser and Khrushchev divert the Nile
The Egyptian and Russian leaders end phase one of the construction of the Aswan High Dam by blowing up a huge sand barrage to divert the course of the Nile.
1957: Cheers as petrol rationing ended
Relief across the country as the paymaster general announces restrictions on fuel consumption imposed during the Suez crisis are to be lifted.
2001: Scientists warn of more CJD cases
Variant CJD - the human form of BSE or "mad cow disease"- has been found in 99 people so far - but scientists warn a "second wave"in several years could be much larger.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for May 14