UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, November 10, 2005

November 10: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.065 %
Standard deviation0.52
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today

GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)218173302162
Avg. % change-0.033%0.049%-0.242%-0.002%
Standard deviation % change1.7581.7061.7490.459
No. of times price has gone up11 1492
No. of times price has gone down108 102
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 10

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