August 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.091 %
Standard deviation	1.426
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	10

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	313	366	54	5
Avg. % change	-0.224%	-1.413%	0.355%	0.668%
Standard deviation % change	0.965	6.386	1.475	1.881
No. of times price has gone up	9	12	9	4
No. of times price has gone down	11	12	10	1

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

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Yahoo European Business
Former ECB Chief Duisenberg Found Dead (AP)
Former ECB chief Duisenberg found dead (FT.com)
Enemy of inflation who steered euro (FT.com)
Duisenberg, ECB's ex-president, dies at age 70 (Reuters)
First ECB president Duisenberg dies at age 70 in France (AFP)
First ECB president Duisenberg found dead in France (AFP)
European stocks end week with mixed fortunes, London gains 0.23 percent (AFP)
London Share Prices Close Higher (AP)
European stocks higher on solid earnings (Reuters)
China trade surplus seen at $90 bln-media (Reuters)
German Business Confidence Up for 2nd Month (AP)

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BBC - On This Day
1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins
The Polish Underground Army begins battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European city to fall to the Germans.
1976: Lauda fights for life after Grand Prix crash
F1 racing driver Niki Lauda is in a critical condition in hospital after crashing at the German Grand Prix.
2003: Hutton inquiry begins
The judge investigating the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly says his first task is to flesh out "a fuller picture of the facts".
1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon
Astronauts uncover a rock which may date back to the origin of the Moon.
1994: Library fire wipes out historic records
Thousands of historic documents and more than 100,000 books are destroyed in a blaze which ripped through Norwich Central Library early today.
1989: Britain's oldest person turns 112
Charlotte Marion Hughes from Cleveland celebrates her birthday - and enters the record books.
2001: Boy 'held prisoner for eight years'
Officers from Scotland Yard's Child Protection Team are investigating a boy's claims he was held captive in his own home for eight years.

Wikipedia On This Day
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