UK Stock Market Almanac

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

July 26: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.161 %
Standard deviation0.677
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)272180254177
Avg. % change-0.128%0.034%-0.103%-0.015%
Standard deviation % change0.9012.1391.0270.507
No. of times price has gone up9 1192
No. of times price has gone down911 102
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European shares dip on results (Reuters)
Autos put brakes on European stocks (FT.com)
European stocks set to open lower (FT.com)
EU moves to cut off terror finances (FT.com)
European stocks heading for opening gains (FT.com)
British economy grows at slowest annual pace for 12 years (AFP)
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 to aid euro zone (Reuters)
London shares end lower (AFP)

On this day
1956 President Nasser of Egypt announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company and the seizure of its assets.

BBC - On This Day
1945: Churchill loses general election
Clement Attlee is Britain's new prime minister after Labour win a sweeping victory over the Conservatives.
1956: Egypt seizes Suez Canal
Egypt's president, Colonel Nasser, announces the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
1963: Thousands killed in Yugoslav earthquake
Thousands of people are feared dead as a massive earthquake rocks the Yugoslavian city of Skopje.
1994: Israel's London embassy bombed
A car bomb explodes outside the Israeli embassy in London injuring 14 people.
1952: Eva Peron is dead
Senora Eva Peron wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer, aged 33.
1983: Mother loses contraception test case
A mother of 10 fails to prevent doctors prescribing contraception to under-16s without parental consent.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for July 26

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