July 28: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.429 %
Standard deviation	0.403
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	2
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	12

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	22	265	306	54
Avg. % change	0.451%	-0.178%	-0.247%	0.223%
Standard deviation % change	1.731	1.359	1.519	0.758
No. of times price has gone up	10	11	9	4
No. of times price has gone down	11	11	9	1

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

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Yahoo European Business
European stocks higher on solid earnings (Reuters)
Telecoms boost European stocks (FT.com)
China trade surplus seen at $90 bln-media (Reuters)
German Business Confidence Up for 2nd Month (AP)
Peugeot Posts 21 Percent Profit Slide (AP)
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)
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)

On this day
1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduced potatoes to Europe.

BBC - On This Day
1976: Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands
More than 200,000 people are feared dead after an 8.3 magnitude earthquake hits China.
2000: Last prisoners leave the Maze
Nearly 80 men imprisoned for terrorist offences are freed from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
1965: US orders 50,000 troops to Vietnam
President Johnson commits a further 50,000 US troops to the conflict in Vietnam.
1972: National dock strike begins
Thousands of British dockers begin an official strike to safeguard jobs.
1988: Ashdown to lead Britain's third party
The MP for Yeovil, Paddy Ashdown, is elected the first leader of the new Social and Liberal Democrat Party.

Wikipedia On This Day
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