November 29: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.061 %
Standard deviation	0.539
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	166	78	122	232
Avg. % change	0.058%	0.333%	0.178%	-0.083%
Standard deviation % change	1.085	1.507	1.243	0.322
No. of times price has gone up	9	13	9	1
No. of times price has gone down	12	9	11	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European markets set to open weaker (FT.com)
European stocks start week on high note (AFP)
German Consumer Sentiment Declines (AP)
Muted start expected for European markets (FT.com)
Slovakia Ties Currency to Euro (AP)
EU data to show galloping inflation, stable confidence (AFP)
Slovakia joins European exchange rate mechanism (AFP)
London's FTSE-100 Index Closes Up 13 (AP)
British Economy Records Below-Trend Growth (AP)
Growth data fails to boost Brown before budget report (AFP)
Dollar moves toward 2-year high vs yen (Reuters)

On this day
1996 Volkswagen executive Jose Ignacio Lopez resigned under charges of industrial espionage from General Motors, his former employer.

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1963: Canadian air disaster kills 118
More than 100 people are killed when a Canadian jet crashes into a field minutes after take-off.
1975: Graham Hill killed in air crash
One of Britain's greatest motor racing drivers is killed in a plane crash in south-east England.
1993: Secret meetings with IRA revealed
The government comes under attack in the Commons over revelations that it has had secret contacts with the IRA.
1985: 'Gas blast' kills five in Glasgow
A young family of four and their neighbour are killed in an explosion in a block of flats in Glasgow.
1956: Motorists panic as petrol rations loom
Panic-buying breaks out at garages across the country as the government gives details of its petrol rationing plans.
1999: NI power-sharing executive appointed
The Northern Ireland Assembly meets to appointed 10 members, bringing devolution a step closer.

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November 24: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.259 %
Standard deviation	0.889
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	158	136	165	311
Avg. % change	0.075%	0.153%	0.08%	-0.3%
Standard deviation % change	0.657	1.628	0.835	0.749
No. of times price has gone up	11	12	10	0
No. of times price has gone down	10	11	10	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
European bourses extend gains (FT.com)
European bourses poised to extend gains (FT.com)
Leading shares approach 54-month highs (AFP)
European stocks mostly rise in early deals (AFP)
European bourses set for higher open (FT.com)
Nestle Recalls Baby Milk From 4 Nations (AP)
Bourses expected to hit fresh 3½-year highs (FT.com)
Britain warns France: back down on EU handouts or fail world's poor (AFP)
Bourses welcome onset of winter (FT.com)
Euro hits 2-week high vs dollar (Reuters)
EU ministers to vent anger at UK over budget (Reuters)

On this day
1998 AOL bought Netscape Communications for $4.21bn.
1997 In response to a 554 point fall in the market, NYSE officials invoked the ""circuit breaker"" rule for the first time and put a halt to trading.

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1963: Kennedy 'assassin' murdered
Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of murdering President Kennedy, is himself shot dead in a Dallas police station.
1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
The hijacking of an EgyptAir passenger jet ends in violence and further bloodshed after the plane is stormed by Egyptian commandoes.
1991: Giant of rock dies
Freddie Mercury dies aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive.
1989: New era for Czechoslovakia
The entire leadership of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia resigns to make way for democratic changes.
1974: Six charged over Birmingham pub bombs
Police charge six men in connection with the Birmingham pub bombings three days ago.
1998: Queen's speech spells end for peers
Under new proposals hereditary peers will lose their right to sit and vote in the UK Parliament's upper chamber.

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November 22: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.202 %
Standard deviation	1.03
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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)	94	171	117	119
Avg. % change	0.192%	0.055%	0.189%	0.062%
Standard deviation % change	0.955	1.401	0.899	0.392
No. of times price has gone up	15	12	11	2
No. of times price has gone down	6	10	7	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
Bourses expected to hit fresh 3½-year highs (FT.com)
Britain warns France: back down on EU handouts or fail world's poor (AFP)
Bourses welcome onset of winter (FT.com)
Leading shares close just below gain line as Glaxo drops (AFP)
European stocks mixed, as London hit by profit-taking (AFP)
Euro hits 2-week high vs dollar (Reuters)
EU ministers to vent anger at UK over budget (Reuters)
EU Growth May Be 1.5 Percent in 2005 (AP)
EU set to trim 2005 eurozone growth estimate (AFP)
Oil Prices Push Euro-Zone Inflation Up (AP)
London shares close in the red (AFP)

On this day
2001 Low-cost airline Ryanair announced they would be opening an operating base in Germany at Frankfurt signalling a determination to take on the European operators at their own game.

BBC - On This Day
1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas
The president of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas.
1995: Life sentence for Rosemary West
Britain's most prolific female serial killer, Rosemary West, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 10 young women and girls.
1990: Thatcher quits as prime minister
Margaret Thatcher is to stand down as prime minister after her cabinet refuses to back her in a second round of leadership elections.
2003: England win Rugby World Cup
England's rugby team win the World Cup, beating Australia 20-17 in a nailbiting final in Sydney.
1997: Michael Hutchence found dead in hotel
The lead singer of Australian rock band INXS and partner of British television star Paula Yates, is found dead in Sydney.
1971: Six dead in Scottish mountain tragedy
Five teenagers and their female instructor die in one of Scotland's worst mountaineering accidents.

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November 18: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.06 %
Standard deviation	0.615
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)	150	257	148	204
Avg. % change	0.092%	-0.163%	0.125%	-0.034%
Standard deviation % change	0.882	1.107	0.93	0.682
No. of times price has gone up	11	10	11	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	14	8	2

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

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EU Growth May Be 1.5 Percent in 2005 (AP)
EU set to trim 2005 eurozone growth estimate (AFP)
European stocks slip amid easing oil prices (AFP)
Oil Prices Push Euro-Zone Inflation Up (AP)
Modest retreat expected in European opening (FT.com)
Vodafone share price plummets (FT.com)
London shares close in the red (AFP)
German Economy Grows 1.3 Percent for 3Q (AP)
Eurozone growth ups chances of rate increase (FT.com)
Eurozone economy strengthens under inflation clouds (AFP)
EU Confident 2006 Will Be Year of Recovery (AP)

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2000: Hollywood meets Wales in 'wedding of year'
The film world celebrates the celebrity wedding of the year as film star Michael Douglas marries Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones.
1987: King's Cross station fire 'kills 27'
Twenty seven people are dead after a fire at King's Cross station in central London.
1991: Church envoy Waite freed in Beirut
Church envoy Terry Waite is freed by the Islamic extremists who kidnapped him in Beirut in 1987.
2003: High security as Bush visits UK
The US President, George W Bush, is on a state visit to Britain amid the tightest security London has ever seen.
1978: Mass suicide leaves 900 dead
The bodies of 914 people, including 276 children, are found in Guyana in South America.
1989: Protesters demand reform in Bulgaria
More than 50,000 people take to the streets of Sofia in Bulgaria demanding political reform.
1967: Moves to curb spread of foot-and-mouth
A ban on the movement of farm animals across the whole of England and Wales came into effect at midnight.

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November 17: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.001 %
Standard deviation	1.035
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	5

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	327	162	323	230
Avg. % change	-0.274%	0.085%	-0.331%	-0.083%
Standard deviation % change	1.11	1.776	1.997	0.552
No. of times price has gone up	10	10	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	10	11	11	3

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

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EU set to trim 2005 eurozone growth estimate (AFP)
European stocks slip amid easing oil prices (AFP)
Oil Prices Push Euro-Zone Inflation Up (AP)
Modest retreat expected in European opening (FT.com)
Vodafone share price plummets (FT.com)
London shares close in the red (AFP)
German Economy Grows 1.3 Percent for 3Q (AP)
Eurozone growth ups chances of rate increase (FT.com)
Eurozone economy strengthens under inflation clouds (AFP)
EU Confident 2006 Will Be Year of Recovery (AP)
German Parties Seal Deal for Merkel (AP)

On this day
1948 House of Commons voted to nationalise steel industry.

BBC - On This Day
1997: Egyptian militants kill tourists at Luxor
More than 60 people die in an attack on a group of foreign tourists visiting a temple in southern Egypt.
1989: Police crush Prague protest rally
Riot police arrest hundreds of people taking part in the biggest show of public dissent in Czechoslovakia for 20 years.
2003: Washington sniper convicted
An ex-soldier who served in the Gulf War is found guilty of at least one of the Washington sniper killings in October 2002.
1953: Twenty die in Channel collision
Twenty Italian sailors die following a collision between two boats in the English Channel.
1986: French car chief shot dead
The head of the Renault car company, Georges Besse, is assassinated outside his home in Paris.

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November 14: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.218 %
Standard deviation	0.692
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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)	362	250	330	111
Avg. % change	-0.563%	-0.154%	-0.358%	0.082%
Standard deviation % change	1.391	1.035	0.868	0.539
No. of times price has gone up	6	8	5	3
No. of times price has gone down	14	16	15	2

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

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German Parties Seal Deal for Merkel (AP)
European stocks boosted by falling oil prices (AFP)
French Economy Rebounds Sharply in 3Q (AP)
London shares close down, following Wall Street (AFP)
German Economic Advisers See 2006 Growth (AP)
EU grants Turkey market economy status (AFP)
German 'Wise Men'cautious on growth, deficit next year (AFP)
EU growth hopes dim among business leaders; ECB urged to keep rates low (Canadian Press)
EU wrangles over reduced VAT rates (AFP)
EU Outlines Obstacles to Banking Mergers (AP)
Euro ministers caution ECB on rate hike (Reuters)

On this day
1986 Ivan Boesky was charged with insider trading, having made, it was estimated, $50m from illegal trades.

BBC - On This Day
1991: US accuses Libyans of Lockerbie bombing
America demands Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi hand over Libyan intelligence officers indicted over the Lockerbie bombing.
1973: IRA gang convicted of London bombings
Two women and six men are found guilty of exploding car bombs outside the Old Bailey and Scotland Yard.
1977: Firefighters strike over pay claim
Firefighters claim widespread support for their first national strike, over a 30% pay demand.
1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne
The wedding of the Queen's only daughter, Princess Anne, takes place at Westminster Abbey.
2000: Fuel protesters rally for tax cut
Convoys of lorries and tractors have converged on London and Edinburgh to mark the 60-day deadline for government action to cut fuel tax.

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November 11: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.164 %
Standard deviation	1.331
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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)	345	312	240	125
Avg. % change	-0.369%	-0.377%	-0.079%	0.052%
Standard deviation % change	1.151	1.221	1.718	0.996
No. of times price has gone up	11	10	11	3
No. of times price has gone down	10	13	9	2

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

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Yahoo European Business
European markets expected to open higher (FT.com)
French Economy Rebounds Sharply in 3Q (AP)
London shares close down, following Wall Street (AFP)
European stocks climb before British interest rate decision (AFP)
German Economic Advisers See 2006 Growth (AP)
EU grants Turkey market economy status (AFP)
German 'Wise Men'cautious on growth, deficit next year (AFP)
EU growth hopes dim among business leaders; ECB urged to keep rates low (Canadian Press)
EU wrangles over reduced VAT rates (AFP)
EU Outlines Obstacles to Banking Mergers (AP)
Euro ministers caution ECB on rate hike (Reuters)

On this day
1986 Sperry Rand and Burroughs merged to become Unisys.

BBC - On This Day
2004: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead
Yasser Arafat dies in hospital in Paris, aged 75, bringing to an end more than 40 years of rule over the Palestinian people.
2000: Skiers die in train tunnel inferno
At least 150 skiers, many of them children, die in an intense fire on board a funicular railway in the Austrian Alps.
1965: Rhodesia breaks from UK
The Rhodesian Government, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, illegally severs its links with the British Crown.
1992: Church of England votes for women priests
The Church of England's parliament votes by a narrow margin to allow women to be ordained as priests.
1975: Divided Angola gets independence
The southern African state of Angola gains its independence from former colonial power Portugal.
1954: Pensioners demand more money
Thousands of elderly people take part in a rally in London calling for an increase in their pensions.
1987: Van Gogh fetches record price
A painting by Vincent Van Gogh is sold for $49m (�27m) - a world record for a work of art.

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November 10: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.065 %
Standard deviation	0.52
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
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)	218	173	302	162
Avg. % change	-0.033%	0.049%	-0.242%	-0.002%
Standard deviation % change	1.758	1.706	1.749	0.459
No. of times price has gone up	11	14	9	2
No. of times price has gone down	10	8	10	2

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

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German Economic Advisers See 2006 Growth (AP)
EU grants Turkey market economy status (AFP)
European stocks mostly fall: telecoms in focus amid Swisscom move (AFP)
German 'Wise Men'cautious on growth, deficit next year (AFP)
EU growth hopes dim among business leaders; ECB urged to keep rates low (Canadian Press)
EU wrangles over reduced VAT rates (AFP)
London shares close flat (AFP)
EU Outlines Obstacles to Banking Mergers (AP)
Euro ministers caution ECB on rate hike (Reuters)
Euro hits 2-yr low vs dollar, stocks gain (Reuters)
Miners push FTSE to further gains (FT.com)

On this day
1997 US telecoms giant MCI Communications accepted an increased $37bn takeover bid from WorldCom, which trumped a $28bn cash offer from US rival GTE Corp and an earlier $24bn bid from BT in the UK.

BBC - On This Day
1995: Nigeria hangs human rights activists
The writer and human rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, is executed in Nigeria despite worldwide pleas for clemency.
1997: British au pair freed after appeal
A British child-minder is freed from jail in the United States after her conviction for murdering a baby is reduced to manslaughter.
1980: Michael Foot is new Labour leader
Outspoken left-wing MP Michael Foot defeats Denis Healey in a shock result to the Labour leadership contest.
1982: Brezhnev rumours sweep Moscow
Speculation is growing that Leonid Brezhnev, who has ruled the Soviet Union for the past two decades, has died.
1960: Lady Chatterley's Lover sold out
Penguin's first run of the DH Lawrence's sexually explicit novel banned for more than 30 years sells out.

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November 9: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.288 %
Standard deviation	1.107
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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)	73	327	145	175
Avg. % change	0.233%	-0.443%	0.127%	-0.015%
Standard deviation % change	0.434	0.805	1.486	0.225
No. of times price has gone up	14	6	11	1
No. of times price has gone down	6	16	8	2

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

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EU growth hopes dim among business leaders; ECB urged to keep rates low (Canadian Press)
EU wrangles over reduced VAT rates (AFP)
London shares close flat (AFP)
EU Outlines Obstacles to Banking Mergers (AP)
Euro ministers caution ECB on rate hike (Reuters)
Euro hits 2-yr low vs dollar, stocks gain (Reuters)
Miners push FTSE to further gains (FT.com)
Finance Chiefs Warn ECB on Rate Rise (AP)
IMF: France 'within reach'of meeting EU budget goal (AFP)
WTO Members Discuss Disputes Hurting Pact (AP)
London shares close higher on US dollar strength (AFP)

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1970: France mourns death of de Gaulle
One of the greatest figures in the history of France, General Charles de Gaulle, dies at his home of a heart attack.
1985: America welcomes Charles and Diana
The royal couple end their first day of a four-day visit to the States at a gala dinner in Washington hosted by President Reagan.
1960: Narrow victory for John F Kennedy
Senator John F Kennedy has won the election to become the youngest elected president of the United States.
1989: Berliners celebrate the fall of the Wall
The Berlin Wall is dramatically breached after nearly three decades of keeping East and West Berliners apart.
1979: Paperboy's killers convicted
Four men are found guilty of killing paperboy Carl Bridgewater. Eighteen years later their convictions were quashed.

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November 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.235 %
Standard deviation	0.715
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	4
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	10

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	241	217	304	221
Avg. % change	-0.076%	-0.074%	-0.244%	-0.067%
Standard deviation % change	1.214	1.636	1.273	0.388
No. of times price has gone up	7	11	7	2
No. of times price has gone down	13	13	12	2

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

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Miners push FTSE to further gains (FT.com)
Finance Chiefs Warn ECB on Rate Rise (AP)
IMF: France 'within reach'of meeting EU budget goal (AFP)
WTO Members Discuss Disputes Hurting Pact (AP)
London shares close higher on US dollar strength (AFP)
Blair says 'we'll do our best'on EU financing deal (AFP)
Brussels to target restrictions on takeovers (FT.com)
Unemployment Declines in Europe (AP)
EU Critical of Nations'Euro Preparations (AP)
EU prepares anti-dumping tariffs on China-made shoes: FT (AFP)
EU farm subsidies under scrutiny at decisive moment (AFP)

On this day
2001 BT unveiled a huge loss of �1.35bn for the second quarter of the year, resulting from an agreement to close Concert, a joint venture with AT&T.
2001 Enron revised its financial statements for the past five years. Instead of the massive profits claimed previously, the company said it actually lost $586m.

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1987: Bomb kills 11 at Enniskillen
Eleven people are killed after a bomb explodes during a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
1974: Police hunt Lord Lucan after murder
Detectives are searching for British aristocrat Lord Lucan following the death of his children's nanny last night.
2000: Bush and Gore fight to the finish
The result of the American presidential election is still hanging in the balance hours after the polls officially closed.
1990: Ireland elects first woman president
Voters in the Republic of Ireland choose their first female president.
1957: Inquiry publishes cause of nuclear fire
An report into the fire at Windscale nuclear power plant in Cumbria blames the accident on human error, poor management and faulty instruments.

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November 4: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.065 %
Standard deviation	1.404
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	10
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)	98	151	94	95
Avg. % change	0.187%	0.108%	0.228%	0.108%
Standard deviation % change	0.886	1.758	1.142	0.328
No. of times price has gone up	13	12	13	4
No. of times price has gone down	8	10	6	1

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

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European bourses expected to open lower (FT.com)
EU prepares anti-dumping tariffs on China-made shoes: FT (AFP)
EU farm subsidies under scrutiny at decisive moment (AFP)
Shares close at 4-week highs, solid results boost sentiment (AFP)
European bourses seen opening higher (FT.com)
Good news for Merkel as German unemployment falls to 10-month low (AFP)
European bourses poised for lower open (FT.com)
London shares close higher (AFP)
British Panel Approves LSE Takeover (AP)
Exports boost euro zone October PMI (Reuters)
Telefonica Buying O2 PLC in $31.4B Deal (AP)

On this day
1981 first trading day of the newly privatised Cable & Wireless
1862 The Gatling gun patented by Richard J Gatling.

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1995: Israeli PM shot dead
The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
1956: Soviet troops overrun Hungary
The Soviet air force bombs the Hungarian capital of Budapest and troops pour into the city in a massive dawn offensive.
1979: Militants storm US embassy in Tehran
Militant Islamic students in Iran storm the US embassy in Tehran taking 90 people hostage.
1980: Reagan beats Carter in landslide
Former Hollywood actor and Republican Ronald Reagan wins the US presidential elections by a huge majority.
1974: M62 bomber jailed for life
Judith Ward is convicted of an army coach bombing in which 12 people died.
Her conviction was quashed 18 years later.

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November 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.084 %
Standard deviation	0.591
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	7
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)	363	326	350	257
Avg. % change	-0.569%	-0.441%	-0.502%	-0.125%
Standard deviation % change	1.431	1.685	0.894	1.048
No. of times price has gone up	8	10	7	1
No. of times price has gone down	13	14	13	3

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

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Telefonica Buying O2 PLC in $31.4B Deal (AP)
London shares bounce back to end higher (AFP)
October Euro Zone Inflation at 2.5 Percent (AP)
EU agrees way forward on economy, but budget row lingers (AFP)
France sets price for electricity sell-off (AFP)
EU Threatens to Sue Gov'ts Blocking Mergers (AP)
Germany must make every effort to bring down deficit next year: Bundesbank (AFP)
European stocks wilt on disappointing results, weak Wall Street (AFP)
Spain's Banco Santander Posts Profit (AP)
Blair: EU Needs to Do More to Compete (AP)
Blair, warming up for EU summit, links social system to growth (AFP)

On this day
1979 British Steel Corporation formally announced closure of iron and steel making at Corby, Northamptonshire, with a loss of 5,500 jobs.

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1984: Violence follows Gandhi killing
Rioting breaks out in parts of India following yesterday's assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
1966: Viet Cong bombs Saigon
At least eight people are killed including an American officer when Viet Cong artillery shells the South Vietnamese capital.
1970: Nightclub inferno 'wipes out generation'
A fire at a nightclub in France has killed 142 people, most of them teenagers.
1990: Howe resigns over Europe policy
The UK's deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned after disagreements over the government's Europe policy.
1986: Chemical spill turns Rhine red
A catastrophic fire at a chemicals factory near Basle, Switzerland, sends tons of toxic chemicals into the river Rhine, turning it red.

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