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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 11