July 15: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.047 %
Standard deviation	1.617
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	8

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	159	324	164	156
Avg. % change	0.071%	-0.433%	0.081%	0.005%
Standard deviation % change	1.143	1.488	1.393	0.545
No. of times price has gone up	11	12	13	3
No. of times price has gone down	9	11	7	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU Commission Rebukes Britain on Cuts (AP)
EU Posts 1Q Growth of 0.5 Percent (AP)
European stocks build on US, Asian gains (AFP)
European stocks higher as oil prices slide (FT.com)
European stocks seen opening modestly higher (FT.com)
European Union not ready to grant China market economy status (Canadian Press)
Russian Budget Surplus Exceeds 2004 Already (AP)
Brown pushes controversial EU reform agenda (AFP)
Italy Given Until 2007 to Adjust Deficit (AP)
Brown says EU committed to blocking terror financing (AFP)
High Oil Prices on Ministers'Agenda (AP)

On this day
1869 Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by the French Navy.

BBC - On This Day
1995: Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica
Thousands of Muslim refugees flee the captured "safe area"of Srebrenica - forced out by the Bosnian Serbs.
1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep
Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead on the steps of his Miami mansion.
1966: Euston staff 'colour bar' ended
A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after managers overturn a ban on black workers.
1971: Seals shot by government decree
The British Government endorses a cull of baby seals in the Wash.
2000: Police camera action violates human rights
Two men caught on camera for dangerous driving escape prosecution in a landmark case.

Wikipedia On This Day
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