UK Stock Market Almanac

Sunday, July 24, 2005

July 24: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.457 %
Standard deviation0.936
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19849
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19847


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)14197169236
Avg. % change0.113%0.274%0.072%-0.094%
Standard deviation % change0.92.1780.921.398
No. of times price has gone up11 9102
No. of times price has gone down1015 103
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
British economy grows at slowest annual pace for 12 years (AFP)
European shares dip on new London alert (Reuters)
European bourses little changed at open (FT.com)
World Bank: Eastern Europe suffering post-EU entry hangover (AFP)
EU unveils reform plans for crisis-hit bloc (AFP)
EU Relaunches Its Jobs and Growth Plan (AP)
Wanted: Strong leaders toaid euro zone (Reuters)
London shares end lower (AFP)
Avon stock hits 17-month low (Reuters)
German Economic Confidence Up for 2nd Month (AP)
Top German court blocks EU arrest warrant (Reuters)

On this day
2000 BP reverted to its old name (after two years as BP Amoco) and unveiled a new ""green"" brand image, in an attempt to win over environmentally aware consumers.

BBC - On This Day
1974: Nixon 'must hand over Watergate tapes'
The US Supreme Court orders President Nixon to surrender tape recordings of White House conversations about the Watergate affair.
2000: Loyalist killer Michael Stone freed from Maze
Loyalist paramilitary hitman Michael Stone is released from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
1987: Archer wins record damages
Former deputy chair of the Conservative Party Jeffrey Archer is awarded record libel damages at the High Court.
1959: Khrushchev and Nixon have war of words
Russia's prime minister and America's vice-president fight a battle of words at an American exhibition in Moscow.
1969: Briton freed from Soviet prison
British lecturer Gerald Brooke is returned to London after four years in a Soviet jail.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for July 24

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