June 17: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.291 %
Standard deviation	0.975
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	196	223	356	279
Avg. % change	0%	-0.098%	-0.575%	-0.184%
Standard deviation % change	1.09	1.539	1.763	0.87
No. of times price has gone up	11	11	9	1
No. of times price has gone down	9	11	11	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU plunges into budget crisis as charter plans unravel (AFP)
Dollar steadies, looks to EU summit (Reuters)
Dollar resumes rally against euro; yen firms (AFP)
Snow urges EU to aim for 'transatlantic market'(FT.com)
FTSE 100 rises on back of strong mining sector (AFP)
EU's Barroso pleads for compromise on budget (AFP)
Snow sees US growth remaining robust, urges growth-focused reforms in EU (AFP)
Dollar pushes higher against the euro (AFP)
European stocks rise in early deals (AFP)
Snow Urges European Financial Reforms (AP)
EU 'pretty sure'summit will be deadlocked on budget (AFP)

On this day
1991 first trading day of the newly privatised Scottish & Southern
1991 first trading day of the newly privatised Scottish Power

BBC - On This Day
1970: 'Babes in the wood' bodies found
Detectives investigating the disappearance of two children are at the site of a shallow grave in Essex where two bodies have been found.
1961: Russian dancer in freedom dash
Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev breaks free from security guards at Paris airport and asks for asylum in France.
1974: IRA bombs parliament
A bomb explodes at the Houses of Parliament, causing extensive damage and injuring 11 people.
1980: Government announces missile sites
The locations for the first US nuclear missiles to be stored on British soil are revealed by the government.
1964: Japan trade fair floats into London
The first purpose-built floating trade fair docks at Tilbury in London with 22,000 samples of Japanese goods on board.
2001: Catholic leader Cardinal Winning dies
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland dies suddenly at his Glasgow home.

Wikipedia On This Day
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