July 16: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.192 %
Standard deviation	0.768
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	82	38	104	22
Avg. % change	0.218%	0.535%	0.209%	0.372%
Standard deviation % change	0.667	1.564	1.316	2.086
No. of times price has gone up	12	15	13	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	7	7	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
Italy Government Slashes Growth Forecast (AP)
EU Chief: Political Reforms to Spur Growth (AP)
European stocks rise in early deals after strong Wall Street showing (AFP)
European stocks seen opening little changed (FT.com)
EU Commission Rebukes Britain on Cuts (AP)
EU Posts 1Q Growth of 0.5 Percent (AP)
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)

On this day
1987 British Caledonian (BCal) and British Airways (BA) announced they would merge to compete against the US airlines.

BBC - On This Day
1945: Allied leaders gather at Potsdam
Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Josef Stalin discuss the fate of a defeated Germany.
1969: Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon
The Apollo 11 space rocket takes off from Cape Kennedy at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the Moon.
1970: State of emergency called over dock strike
Home Secretary Reginald Maudling declares a state of emergency to deal with strikes at UK ports.
1987: Great British airline ready for take off
The two biggest airlines in the UK are to merge and create a carrier to compete with America's giant air corporations.
1993: Secret Service goes public
Britain's internal security service, MI5, holds the first photocall in its 84-year history.
2001: Rebel MPs defeat the government
The Labour Government is defeated in the House of Commons for the first time since it came to power in 1997.

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