UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, June 02, 2005

June 2: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.429 %
Standard deviation0.967
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19844
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)46253194320
Avg. % change0.323%-0.157%0.01%-0.34%
Standard deviation % change1.2882.4771.8111.286
No. of times price has gone up9 11112
No. of times price has gone down1112 83
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Euro mired near 8-month low vs dollar (Reuters)
London shares close above 5,000 mark (AFP)
London Share Prices Close Higher (AP)
Eurozone economic recovery running out of steam (AFP)
Officials scorn 'absurd' talk of EMU risk (Reuters)
European stocks begin June in positive territory (AFP)
Dutch PM makes final appeal for 'yes' ahead of EU constitution referendum (AFP)
German unemployment falls for third month in a row (AFP)
European stocks flat as markets await Dutch vote (FT.com)
Euro hits 7-mth low on EU referendum woes (Reuters)
EU's new clothes lay bare economic contradictions (AFP)

On this day
1857 James Gibbs of the US patented the chain-stitch, single-thread sewing machine.

BBC - On This Day
1953: Queen Elizabeth takes coronation oath
Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.
1979: Millions cheer as the Pope comes home
The Pope is greeted by two million people as he sets foot on his native soil of Poland.
1994: MI5 officers killed in helicopter crash
Twenty of Britain's top intelligence experts are killed when a RAF helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre.
1985: Uefa bans English clubs from Europe
English clubs are banned from playing in Europe indefinitely, after the riot at Brussels' Heysel stadium in which 39 people died.
1966: First US space probe lands on Moon
The United States lands a spacecraft on the Moon on its first try, but four months behind the Soviet Union.
1976: Piggott celebrates 7th Derby victory
Jockey Lester Piggott wins the Epsom Derby for a record seventh time, riding the French-trained Emperie.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for June 2

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