UK Stock Market Almanac

Monday, June 06, 2005

June 6: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.197 %
Standard deviation0.714
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19849


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)34018914193
Avg. % change-0.341%0.007%0.553%-0.028%
Standard deviation % change1.5262.0482.6070.8
No. of times price has gone up8 1493
No. of times price has gone down1110 82
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
Dollar dips but euro still vulnerable (Reuters)
London's traders speculate about the death of the euro (AFP)
French, Dutch 'no'votes cast shadow over EU finance ministers'talks (AFP)
European markets drop on US job figures (AFP)
Euro rallies before US jobs data and after brief slide (AFP)
EU crisis escalates after referendums (Reuters)
Minister says Italy should consider leaving euro (Reuters)
Euro dives on Italian call to quit EMU (Reuters)
ECB Keeps Interest Rate at 2 Percent (AP)
EU Constitution 'No'Votes Weigh on Euro (AP)
Swiss economic growth stagnates as trade with weak euro-zone falters (AFP)

On this day
2001 Members of Friends Provident, the mutual life insurer, voted 97% in favour of floating the company on the stock market. After flotation, the shares fell steadily for two years.

BBC - On This Day
1944: D-Day marks start of Europe invasion
Thousands of Allied troops are landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans.
1984: Troops raid Golden Temple in Amritsar
Nearly 300 people are killed as Indian troops storm the Golden Temple in Amritsar, held by Sikh militants.
1966: Black civil rights activist shot
James Meredith, the first black man to brave the colour bar at the University of Mississippi, is shot in the back and legs while on a civil rights march.
1975: UK embraces Europe in referendum
British voters back the UK's continued membership of the EEC by two-to-one in a nationwide referendum.
1994: Asylum seekers flee detention centre
Six detainees held in an Oxfordshire immigration centre make their escape after a rooftop protest.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for June 6

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