September 13: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.092 %
Standard deviation	0.854
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)	351	361	308	160
Avg. % change	-0.405%	-0.959%	-0.25%	-0.001%
Standard deviation % change	0.944	1.645	1.183	0.399
No. of times price has gone up	6	7	10	2
No. of times price has gone down	13	16	9	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European stocks climb after strong Tokyo, Wall Street gains (AFP)
European stocks poised for opening gains (FT.com)
Brown pushes economic reform so Europe can take on Asia (AFP)
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)

On this day
1899 The first known auto-related fatality occurred when pedestrian Henry Bliss was struck by a car in New York City.

BBC - On This Day
1993: Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, shake hands on the White House lawn in Washington.
1982: Dingo baby trial opens in Australia
A mother who claims her nine-week-old daughter was killed by a dingo appears in court in Australia charged with her murder.
1988: Cubans blame shooting on 'CIA plot'
A Cuban diplomat opened fire in a crowded London street because of an American plot to make him defect, his government says.
2001: Duncan Smith is new Tory leader
A relatively unknown former soldier and standard bearer of the Tory right is elected the new leader of the Conservative Party.
1980: Missing Scottish bear is found
The bear who went missing on a Scottish island while being filmed for a television commercial is recaptured.

Wikipedia On This Day
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