August 3: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.089 %
Standard deviation	0.927
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
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)	293	281	309	143
Avg. % change	-0.165%	-0.234%	-0.252%	0.026%
Standard deviation % change	1.03	1.482	1.529	0.894
No. of times price has gone up	8	7	11	2
No. of times price has gone down	11	15	8	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European shares dip in results flood (Reuters)
London shares end at fresh 3-1/2 year highs as miners and telecoms shine (AFP)
Oil sector fuels Europe's bourses (FT.com)
Former ECB Chief Duisenberg Found Dead (AP)
Former ECB chief Duisenberg found dead (FT.com)
Enemy of inflation who steered euro (FT.com)
Duisenberg, ECB's ex-president, dies at age 70 (Reuters)
First ECB president Duisenberg dies at age 70 in France (AFP)
First ECB president Duisenberg found dead in France (AFP)
European stocks end week with mixed fortunes, London gains 0.23 percent (AFP)
London Share Prices Close Higher (AP)

BBC - On This Day
2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven
A bomb explodes in a busy west London street, injuring seven people.
2003: Anglican church approves gay bishop
The Anglican Church in America votes to approve the appointment of an openly gay bishop, angering religious leaders around the world.
1990: UK temperatures reach record high
A weather station in Leicestershire records the highest temperature ever known in Britain.
1978: Queen opens Commonwealth Games
The Queen officially opens the 11th Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
1957: Rahman to lead independent Malaya
Tunku Abdul Rahman, a British-educated Malay prince, is elected as head of state ahead of independence from Britain.

Wikipedia On This Day
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