August 25: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.257 %
Standard deviation	1.12
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	2
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	8

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	360	357	310	225
Avg. % change	-0.521%	-0.838%	-0.254%	-0.073%
Standard deviation % change	0.86	1.914	0.682	0.202
No. of times price has gone up	2	4	4	0
No. of times price has gone down	15	13	11	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
European stocks fall as BHP Billiton fails to inspire (AFP)
Group Cuts British Economy Growth Forecasts (AP)
Euro weakens against dollar, unable take advantage of good German data (AFP)
Pound holds firm against dollar (AFP)
German Economic Sentiment Climbs in August (AP)
European stocks lag Japan rise (Reuters)
French economic growth slows in second quarter on lower spending (Canadian Press)
Shares close in red; pharma gains fail to offset weak oil stocks (AFP)
Euro-Zone Inflation Rises to 2.2 Percent (AP)
Shares close weaker on ex-dividend factors (AFP)
London shares close down as concerns over oil price weight on sentiment (AFP)

On this day
1919 The first scheduled passenger service by airplane started (Paris-London).

BBC - On This Day
1944: Paris is liberated as Germans surrender
General Charles de Gaulle enters the capital of France after French and US troops force a German surrender.
2003: Bombay rocked by twin car bombs
Two powerful bomb blasts hit the Indian city of Bombay within minutes of each other, killing at least 44 and injuring nearly 150.
1997: East German leader guilty of Berlin Wall deaths
A court in Berlin sentences the former East German leader, Egon Krenz, to six-and-a-half years in prison.
1989: Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune
The unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft sends back the first close-up pictures of Neptune and its satellite planets.
1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead
The leader of the American Nazi party, George Lincoln Rockwell, is shot and killed by a sniper at a shopping centre in Arlington, Virginia.
1974: Human cannonball misses target
A woman fired from a cannon in Bristol fails to break the English record for the second time.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 25