June 18: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.282 %
Standard deviation	0.652
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	10
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)	176	150	89	182
Avg. % change	0.045%	0.108%	0.247%	-0.022%
Standard deviation % change	0.996	1.143	1.12	1.775
No. of times price has gone up	12	13	10	3
No. of times price has gone down	7	9	9	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU in last-ditch bid to break budget deadlock (AFP)
Shares close higher on upbeat US confidence data (AFP)
Consumer in focus for London stock market next week (AFP)
European stocks rally as London's FTSE hits three-year high (AFP)
Digging For Gold In The Balkans (BusinessWeek Online)
EU Talks on Its Future Budget Collapse (AP)
German Gov't: Economy Likely Slowed in 2Q (AP)
Farm union warns against CAP reform (AFP)
Dollar extends losses on record deficit (Reuters)
Dollar resumes rally against euro; yen firms (AFP)
Snow urges EU to aim for 'transatlantic market'(FT.com)

On this day
1971 Southwest Airlines began flying, becoming the trailblazer for discount airlines.
1993 first trading day of the newly privatised N Ireland Elect (Viridian)
1983 Mrs Thatcher agreed a �450m rebate from European Community.

BBC - On This Day
1972: UK's worst air crash kills 118
A flight from London Heathrow to Brussels crashes minutes after take-off killing all 118 people on board.
1979: Leaders agree arms reduction treaty
United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign Salt II, the first arms-reduction treaty between the two super powers.
1999: Anti-capitalism demo turns violent
Police and protesters clash at a demonstration against capitalism in the centre of London's financial district.
1965: Drink-drive limit to be introduced
The government announces it will introduce a blood alcohol limit for drivers with penalties for those caught above it.
1956: Truman rejects anti-Stalin talk
The former President of the United States, Harry Truman, dismisses suggestions Moscow may be about to turn its back on its Stalinist past.

Wikipedia On This Day
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