May 7: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.439 %
Standard deviation	0.679
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	9
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	4

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	312	140	97	107
Avg. % change	-0.224%	0.136%	0.22%	0.086%
Standard deviation % change	0.651	1.478	0.676	1.733
No. of times price has gone up	5	11	8	3
No. of times price has gone down	11	8	8	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
London shares close lower as financials slide and ex-div factors weigh (AFP)
European stocks mostly fall, as Blair's election win pushes up FTSE (AFP)
FTSE 100 gains slightly after Labour win (FT.com)
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)
Japanese PM urges EU to keep arms embargo on China (AFP)
Latvia, Malta, Cyprus Link to Euro (AP)
German Gov't Cuts 2005 Growth Forecast (AP)

On this day
1998 American auto giant Chrysler Corp. signed a $38 billion merger deal with German-based Daimler-Benz AG.

BBC - On This Day
1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender
Germany signs an unconditional surrender ending six years of war in Europe.
1976: Quake devastates northern Italy
Italy's worst ever earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless.
1965: Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith
White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK.
2001: Thousands greet Pope in Syrian visit
Pope John Paul II prays for peace on a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus, where he is greeted by thousands of people.
1956: Minister rejects anti-smoking lobby
The Health Minister, RH Turton, rejects calls for a government campaign against smoking, saying no ill-effects have been proven.
2001: Healthy cattle to die to save Exmoor
More than 1,000 cattle on two farms near Exmoor will be slaughtered - even though they show no sign of foot-and-mouth disease - in order to protect Exmoor from infection.

Wikipedia On This Day
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