August 27: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.051 %
Standard deviation	1.151
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	6

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	130	184	53	242
Avg. % change	0.134%	0.02%	0.358%	-0.106%
Standard deviation % change	0.769	1.14	1.125	1.067
No. of times price has gone up	10	10	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	6	8	4	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
Economic growth faster than expected in second quarter (AFP)
British Economy Grows at Faster Rate in 2Q (AP)
European stocks regain ground as oil price recedes (AFP)
Shares manage to end off lows as Wall St. creeps higher (AFP)
Lloyds TSB gains on Wells Fargo bid talk (Reuters)
German Business Confidence Dips in August (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)

BBC - On This Day
1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten
The Queen's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, is killed by a bomb blast on his boat in Ireland.
1979: Soldiers die in Warrenpoint massacre
At least 18 British soldiers are killed in two booby-trap bomb attacks at Warrenpoint, South Down, close to the border with the Irish Republic.
1990: 'Guinness Four' guilty
All four defendants in the marathon Guinness trial are found guilty.
1967: Beatles' manager Epstein dies
The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is found dead at his Belgravia home in London.
1950: Television crosses the Channel
The BBC transmits the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.
1987: Maclennan replaces Owen in SDP
Robert Maclennan MP succeeds David Owen as leader of the SDP party.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for August 27