UK Stock Market Almanac

Friday, November 18, 2005

November 18: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day-0.06 %
Standard deviation0.615
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19846
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19848


Metals data for today

GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)150257148204
Avg. % change0.092%-0.163%0.125%-0.034%
Standard deviation % change0.8821.1070.930.682
No. of times price has gone up11 10113
No. of times price has gone down814 82
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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)

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 18

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