UK Stock Market Almanac

Monday, September 05, 2005

September 5: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.007 %
Standard deviation0.547
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19849


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)741589269
Avg. % change0.233%0.095%0.233%0.177%
Standard deviation % change1.0091.7461.481.139
No. of times price has gone up11 1092
No. of times price has gone down1014 92
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
European stocks lower as L'Oreal results disappoint investors (AFP)
EU trade chief warns of economic 'pain'if Chinese textiles not allowed into Europe (Canadian Press)
Survey: German Consumer Sentiment on Rise (AP)
Economic growth faster than expected in second quarter (AFP)
British Economy Grows at Faster Rate in 2Q (AP)
Shares manage to end off lows as Wall St. creeps higher (AFP)
Lloyds TSB gains on Wells Fargo bid talk (Reuters)
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)

On this day
1698 Tax on beards imposed by Russian Czar, Peter the Great.

BBC - On This Day
1975: London Hilton bombed
Two people are killed and 63 injured as a suspected IRA bomb explodes in the lobby of the Hilton hotel in central London.
1997: Mother Teresa dies
Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, dies at the age of 87.
1986: Karachi hijack ends in bloodshed
The 16-hour siege on a Pan Am jet in Pakistan comes to a bloody end, with at least 17 people dead.
1979: Mountbatten buried after final parade
The Queen leads the nation in mourning as the body of her husband's uncle is buried after a day of pageantry in London.
1959: UK's first trunk call from a pay phone
The first trunk dialling system from a public call-box is launched during a ceremonial phone call from Bristol to London.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for September 5

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