July 20: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.194 %
Standard deviation	0.777
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	6

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	210	244	226	289
Avg. % change	-0.021%	-0.145%	-0.05%	-0.206%
Standard deviation % change	0.889	2.637	1.2	1.309
No. of times price has gone up	10	8	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	9	13	10	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
Wanted: Strong leaders to aid euro zone (Reuters)
London shares end lower (AFP)
Avon stock hits 17-month low (Reuters)
German Economic Confidence Up for 2nd Month (AP)
European stocks seen rising as oil prices ease (FT.com)
Top German court blocks EU arrest warrant (Reuters)
European stocks steady in early afternoon deals (AFP)
EU Expects Disappointing Euro-Zone Growth (AP)
European stocks poised for higher open (FT.com)
Italy Government Slashes Growth Forecast (AP)
EU Chief: Political Reforms to Spur Growth (AP)

On this day
2000 AOL announced its first $1bn profit achieved during a single financial year, and that it had 25m subscribers.
1999 Gold traded at its lowest price of $252.85 since the 1970s.

BBC - On This Day
1974: Turkey invades Cyprus
Thousands of Turkish troops invade northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, fail to reach a solution.
1944: Hitler survives assassination attempt
Adolf Hitler escapes death after a third attempt on his life when a bomb explodes in Rastenberg
1982: IRA bombs cause carnage in London
Eight soldiers on ceremonial duty are killed in two IRA bomb blasts in Hyde Park and Regent's Park.
1960: Ceylon elects world's first woman PM
Sirimavo Bandaranaike makes history when she is elected the first-ever female head of government.
1990: IRA bombs Stock Exchange
An IRA bomb blows a 10-foot hole in the London Stock Exchange.
1952: Dynamic Zatopek wins gold at Helsinki
Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia sets the pace at the start of the Olympic Games in Finland by breaking the 10,000 metres record.
2003: BBC admits Kelly was 'main source'
The BBC confirms weapons expert Dr David Kelly, found dead two days ago, was the source for reports that the government "sexed up"an Iraq dossier.
1957: Britons 'have never had it so good'
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan tells a Conservative rally in Bedford "we have never had it so good"but calls on pay restraint to combat inflation.
1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship
America's Viking I space-craft lands on Mars and beams back to Earth the first photographs of its surface.

Wikipedia On This Day
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