UK Stock Market Almanac

Friday, July 01, 2005

July 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.447 %
Standard deviation1.231
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 198410


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)28310911471
Avg. % change-0.145%0.247%0.192%0.164%
Standard deviation % change0.8361.2841.6950.733
No. of times price has gone up8 11132
No. of times price has gone down1211 61
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
French Prime Minister Promises Action (AP)
British Economy Grows 0.4 Percent in 1Q (AP)
British economic slowdown continues amidst rate cut hopes (AFP)
Germany to Breach EU's Deficit Limit (AP)
Eurozone business confidence up on weaker euro (FT.com)
British economic growth in first quarter slower than expected (AFP)
European economy reports stay weak (Reuters)
European stocks rise in early deals (AFP)
Prescott pledges broad agenda for EU presidency (AFP)
EU Gives Italy Deadline on Budget Issue (AP)
IMF Ups 2005 Forecast for German Economy (AP)

On this day
1943 Pay-as-you-go income tax withholding system begins in the US.
1987 A stockbroker at Morgan Grenfell became the person to be convicted of insider dealing since it became illegal in 1980.

BBC - On This Day
1997: Hong Kong handed over to Chinese control
Hong Kong has been handed back to the Chinese authorities - ending more than 150 years of British control.
1963: Philby confirmed as 'third man'
Former Foreign Office official Harold Philby is confirmed as the "third man"in the Burgess and Maclean case.
1994: Yasser Arafat ends 27-year exile
The chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, returns to the Gaza Strip after 27 years in exile.
1987: Stock-broker guilty of corruption
One of the City's top investment bankers receives the first conviction for insider dealing since it became illegal.
2000: Ex-Blair ally attacks prime minister
Millionaire novelist Ken Follett levels scathing personal criticism at Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Wikipedia On This Day
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