August 26: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Metals data for today
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996
Yahoo European Business
Shares manage to end off lows as Wall St. creeps higher (AFP)
Lloyds TSB gains on Wells Fargo bid talk (Reuters)
European stocks dive as record oil price rattles investors (AFP)
German Business Confidence Dips in August (AP)
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)
European stocks lag Japan rise (Reuters)
French economic growth slows in second quarter on lower spending (Canadian Press)
Euro-Zone Inflation Rises to 2.2 Percent (AP)
Shares close weaker on ex-dividend factors (AFP)
On this day
1629 Cambridge Agreement, English Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company agree to emigrate to New England if the government of the colony was transferred there.
BBC - On This Day
1959: US to 'stand by' West Germans
America will stand by West Germans in their efforts to remain strong and free, the US President pledges.
1975: Rhodesia peace talks fail
Talks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Council collapse acrimoniously.
1985: Budd smashes 5,000m record
Controversial athlete Zola Budd breaks the world 5,000m record.
1994: Man gets 'bionic' heart
A man is given the world's first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain.
1962: Abortion mother returns home
An American mother-of-four is on her way home amid a storm of controversy after having an abortion in Sweden.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 26
| Average percentage change for this day | -0.191 % |
| Standard deviation | 0.799 |
| No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984 | 4 |
| No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984 | 5 |
Metals data for today
| Gold | Silver | Platinum | Paladium | |
| Day ranking (out of 365) | 121 | 114 | 215 | 29 |
| Avg. % change | 0.147% | 0.241% | -0.03% | 0.323% |
| Standard deviation % change | 0.989 | 1.702 | 1.179 | 1.53 |
| No. of times price has gone up | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| No. of times price has gone down | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Yahoo European Business
Shares manage to end off lows as Wall St. creeps higher (AFP)
Lloyds TSB gains on Wells Fargo bid talk (Reuters)
European stocks dive as record oil price rattles investors (AFP)
German Business Confidence Dips in August (AP)
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)
European stocks lag Japan rise (Reuters)
French economic growth slows in second quarter on lower spending (Canadian Press)
Euro-Zone Inflation Rises to 2.2 Percent (AP)
Shares close weaker on ex-dividend factors (AFP)
On this day
1629 Cambridge Agreement, English Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company agree to emigrate to New England if the government of the colony was transferred there.
BBC - On This Day
1959: US to 'stand by' West Germans
America will stand by West Germans in their efforts to remain strong and free, the US President pledges.
1975: Rhodesia peace talks fail
Talks between the Rhodesian Government and the African National Council collapse acrimoniously.
1985: Budd smashes 5,000m record
Controversial athlete Zola Budd breaks the world 5,000m record.
1994: Man gets 'bionic' heart
A man is given the world's first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain.
1962: Abortion mother returns home
An American mother-of-four is on her way home amid a storm of controversy after having an abortion in Sweden.
Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 26
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