UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, August 13, 2005

August 13: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.079 %
Standard deviation0.848
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19847
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19849


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)316360285145
Avg. % change-0.231%-0.954%-0.169%0.024%
Standard deviation % change1.1462.0621.6280.768
No. of times price has gone up8 682
No. of times price has gone down1317 123
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
French Economy Worse Than Expected in 2Q (AP)
European stocks drop on historic oil price, strikes hit BA shares (AFP)
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)
London shares close higher as rally in banks offsets oil price spike (AFP)
European shares rise as techs rally (Reuters)
ECB Keeps Euro-Zone Rate Unchanged (AP)

On this day
2002 The car manufacturer Ford sold its subsidiary Kwik-Fit to CVC Capital Partners for �330m. Ford had taken Kwik-Fit over in 1999 and paid over �1bn.

BBC - On This Day
1961: Berliners wake to divided city
Troops in East Germany seal off the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East.
1966: China announces Cultural Revolution
China announces plans for a "new leap forward"after the first meeting in four years of the Communist Party's Central Committee.
1977: Violent clashes at NF march
More than 200 protesters are arrested after demonstrations in Lewisham against a National Front march.
1985: Heart-lung transplant makes history
A three-year-old boy from Dublin becomes the world's youngest heart and lung transplant patient.
1991: Prince quits in museum design row
The Prince of Wales resigns as the patron of Scotland's national museum over a competition to design a new building.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 13

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