September 6: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.064 %
Standard deviation	1.168
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	8

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	5	36	62	63
Avg. % change	0.645%	0.551%	0.335%	0.195%
Standard deviation % change	1.67	2.33	1.048	0.466
No. of times price has gone up	16	14	14	4
No. of times price has gone down	5	9	6	0

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

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Yahoo European Business
Asian, European Markets See Gains (AP)
European stocks rebound amid falling oil prices (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)

On this day
2002 Sellotape moved from the UK to Germany with its sale to Henkel. The Sellotape firm was founded in 1937 and had sales of over �20m in 2001.

BBC - On This Day
1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions
Britain and the world say farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales, at the end of an unprecedented week of mourning.
1972: Olympic hostages killed in gun battle
All nine of the Israeli athletes kidnapped on Tuesday from the Olympic Village in Munich are killed in a gun battle at a nearby airport.
1965: Indian Army invades W Pakistan
Indian troops have invaded West Pakistan, crossing the border at three points in an attack which appears to be aimed mainly at the city of Lahore.
1970: Hundreds held in series of hijacks
Four New York-bound airliners are hijacked over western Europe in an operation carried out by a militant Palestinian group.
1952: Dozens die in air show tragedy
At least 27 people, mostly spectators, are killed as a jet fighter breaks up over the crowd at an air show in Hampshire, England.

Wikipedia On This Day
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