September 11: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.172 %
Standard deviation	0.739
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	11
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	4

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	260	337	352	277
Avg. % change	-0.105%	-0.536%	-0.507%	-0.18%
Standard deviation % change	1.67	1.599	1.893	0.751
No. of times price has gone up	8	10	8	2
No. of times price has gone down	13	13	11	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
EU demands more and cheaper oil (Reuters)
EU ministers call for global response to oil price problem (AFP)
Ministers agree to give Portugal three years to control budget (AFP)
EU finance ministers offer support to Palestinian economy (AFP)
EU ministers warn against uncordinated action over oil prices (AFP)
EU Ministers Debate Oil Prices, Growth (AP)
EU ministers to tackle soaring oil prices that dampen growth prospects (AFP)
Brown condemns 'new protectionism'in EU (AFP)
European stocks rebound, boosted by strong energy sector (AFP)
Oil prices, terror funds, pact, on EU finance agenda (AFP)
Property loans soaring in new, future EU member states: report (AFP)

On this day
1946 First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation.

BBC - On This Day
2001: US rocked by day of terror
The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which left thousands dead and the World Trade Center destroyed.
1973: President overthrown in Chile coup
President Salvador Allende of Chile - the world's first democratically-elected Marxist head of state - dies in a revolt led by the armed forces.
2003: Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries
The Swedish Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh, dies of her injuries after she is stabbed in a Stockholm department store.
1978: Umbrella stab victim dies
Writer and broadcaster Georgi Markov dies of blood poisoning, four days after he said he was stabbed with an umbrella at a London bus stop.
1980: Famous gem grabbed in armed raid
The Marlborough diamond is stolen from a London jewellers in a bold �1m robbery.
1960: Rudolph takes third Olympic gold
The American runner Wilma Rudolph confirms her place in sporting history with a third Olympic gold medal in Rome
1969: Shelter exposes slum homelessness
The housing charity, Shelter, says up to three million people in Britain are living in damp, overcrowded slum conditions.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for September 11