September 14: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.06 %
Standard deviation	1.649
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	7

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	31	104	96	168
Avg. % change	0.388%	0.26%	0.221%	-0.009%
Standard deviation % change	1.273	2.29	1.528	0.761
No. of times price has gone up	14	13	10	3
No. of times price has gone down	6	9	10	1

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

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Yahoo European Business
European equities reclaim some lost ground (FT.com)
European stocks poised to move higher (FT.com)
Ecuador rejects EU banana tariff proposal (Reuters)
Shares close lower as Smith &Nephew warning weighs on FTSE 100 (AFP)
Germany's Consumer Prices Rise in August (AP)
European stocks drop in early deals (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)

On this day
1960 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) founded.

BBC - On This Day
1985: USSR expels 25 in tit-for-tat spy row
Moscow retaliates two days after Britain expels 25 Soviet spies following the defection of KGB chief Oleg Gordievsky.
1982: Hollywood princess dead
Princess Grace of Monaco dies of the injuries she sustained in a car crash near Monte Carlo yesterday.
1960: Violence follows army coup in Congo
The army says it is in control of the West African state of Congo after a day of heavy fighting which left up to 70 people dead.
1981: Queen's 'fantasy assassin' jailed
A teenage boy who fired blank shots at the Queen last June pleads guilty to a charge under the 1848 Treason Act.
1993: UK tourist shot dead in Florida
A British holidaymaker is murdered and his girlfriend injured during an attempted mugging in Florida.
1951: Refinery opens as oil row continues
Prime Minister Clement Attlee opens the largest oil refinery in Europe, at Fawley on Southampton Water.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for September 14