UK Stock Market Almanac

Friday, November 04, 2005

November 4: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.065 %
Standard deviation1.404
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 198410
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19844


Metals data for today
GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)981519495
Avg. % change0.187%0.108%0.228%0.108%
Standard deviation % change0.8861.7581.1420.328
No. of times price has gone up13 12134
No. of times price has gone down810 61
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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.

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for November 4

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