August 12: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.249 %
Standard deviation	0.918
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	11

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	78	26	37	205
Avg. % change	0.228%	0.661%	0.413%	-0.04%
Standard deviation % change	0.799	1.668	1.467	0.526
No. of times price has gone up	12	15	11	2
No. of times price has gone down	8	7	7	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
London shares close down as concerns over oil price weight on sentiment (AFP)
EU, Euro-Zone Economies Grow 0.3 Percent (AP)
German Economy Stagnates in Second Quarter (AP)
Eurozone economy grows 0.3 percent in second quarter: EU (AFP)
Investors Move East to Booming Romania (AP)
Bank of England Lowers Growth Forecast (AP)
French Manufacturing Extends Increase (AP)
European stocks climb, London nears four-year high (AFP)
European bourses seen starting slightly higher (FT.com)
London shares close higher as rally in banks offsets oil price spike (AFP)
European shares rise as techs rally (Reuters)

On this day
1982 US bear market ended, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) at 776.92 points, and Nasdaq at 159.84.

BBC - On This Day
1985: Hundreds dead in Boeing crash
A Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashes on a remote mountainside 70 miles from Tokyo in Japan.
1969: Police use tear gas in Bogside
The Royal Ulster Constabulary uses tear gas for the first time in its history afternine hours of rioting in the Bogside area of Londonderry.
1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jail
A massive manhunt is underway across Britain after one of the gang involved in the Great Train Robbery breaks out of a high-security prison in Birmingham.
2003: Gilligan: language 'wasn't perfect'
BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan answers questions from the Hutton Inquiry over his report that the government "sexed up"a weapons dossier on Iraq.
2000: Murdered schoolgirl's life celebrated
The family of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne is joined by friends and hundreds of members of the public for a memorial service.
1990: Briton shot by Iraqis
A British man attempting to escape in a convoy from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait is shot by Iraqi soldiers.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 12