January 18: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.092 %
Standard deviation	1.3
Standard deviation	0.615
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	8
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)	40	50	99	364
Avg. % change	0.217%	0.148%	0.172%	-2.122%
Standard deviation % change	1.597	2.271	1.234	14.288
No. of times price has gone up	21	24	24	4
No. of times price has gone down	15	23	15	5

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

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European stocks set for sharp sell-off (FT.com)
London shares end lower (AFP)
Financial groups seek EU integration (FT.com)
International donors conference on bird flu opens in Beijing (Canadian Press)
French Finance Minister Wants Steady Rates (AP)
European bourses poised for opening losses (FT.com)
European Stocks Finish Higher (AP)
Euro zone on course for 'modest'growth (AFP)
Credit Lyonnais sees 1.9 percent GDP growth in France this year (AFP)
EU Expects Economy to Grow Strongly in 2Q (AP)
ECB holds key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent; no hints on future increases (Canadian Press)

On this day
1980 The silver price peaked at $49.48, following its accumulation by the Hunt Brothers. (3 months later the price had fallen below $15.)
1980 The price of gold hit $835 - its historic high.

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1991: Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel
Israel teeters on the brink of joining the Gulf War after Iraq attacks Tel Aviv and Haifa with Scud missiles.
1967: 'Boston Strangler' sentenced to life
Albert DeSalvo, who says he murdered 13 women, is given a life sentence for assault and armed robbery.
1981: Nine die in New Cross house fire
Nine people are killed and 20 injured in a blaze which engulfed a house early this morning in south London.
1963: Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies
Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies after a sudden deterioration in his heart condition.
1972: Rhodesia's former leader arrested
Garfield Todd and his daughter, Judith, are seized after violence erupts over Anglo-Rhodesian plans for independence.
1996: Green groups join bypass battle
Six major environmental organisations add their support to the growing anti-bypass campaign in Newbury, Berkshire.

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January 17: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.155 %
Standard deviation	0.972
Standard deviation	1.035
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	8
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9
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)	209	108	112	347
Avg. % change	-0.147%	0.168%	-0.066%	-1.999%
Standard deviation % change	1.456	2.309	1.726	14.312
No. of times price has gone up	23	26	23	5
No. of times price has gone down	18	19	17	4

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

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Yahoo European Business
European bourses poised for opening losses (FT.com)
European Stocks Finish Higher (AP)
Euro zone on course for 'modest'growth (AFP)
Credit Lyonnais sees 1.9 percent GDP growth in France this year (AFP)
EU Expects Economy to Grow Strongly in 2Q (AP)
ECB holds key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent; no hints on future increases (Canadian Press)
Sterling holds ground as Bank of England freezes rates (AFP)
Germany's Economy Grows by 0.9 Percent (AP)
Bank of England kick-starts 2006 with rate freeze (AFP)
EU Refuses Market Economy Status for Some (AP)
French Government Pledges to Tackle Debt (AP)

On this day
1969 After a rash of ""wildcat"" strikes, Barbara Castle published her white paper, ""In Place of Strife"" in an attempt to introduce trade union legislation. The resulting arguments split the Labour Party and almost brought down the Wilson government.
1948 House of Commons voted to nationalise steel industry.

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1991: 'Mother of all Battles' begins
Operation Desert Storm begins as Gulf War Allies send hundreds of planes on bombing raids into Iraq - Saddam Hussein remains defiant.
1995: Earthquake devastates Kobe
A massive quake destroys whole areas of Japan's industrial heartland, leaving many hundreds of people dead.
1994: Massive earthquake hits Los Angeles
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale devastates Los Angeles in the USA, killing more than 20 people.
1977: Gilmore executed by firing squad
Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer, is executed by firing squad in the Utah state prison, Salt Lake City.
1983: BBC wakes up to morning TV
People have been switching on their televisions a little earlier than usual to catch Britain's first breakfast news programme.

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January 16: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.36 %
Standard deviation	0.928
Standard deviation	0.452
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	2
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	11

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	4	17	150	360
Avg. % change	0.17%	0.266%	0.021%	-2.081%
Standard deviation % change	1.919	2.59	1.297	14.141
No. of times price has gone up	19	24	20	1
No. of times price has gone down	20	22	20	7

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

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Yahoo European Business
Euro zone on course for 'modest'growth (AFP)
Credit Lyonnais sees 1.9 percent GDP growth in France this year (AFP)
EU Expects Economy to Grow Strongly in 2Q (AP)
ECB holds key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent; no hints on future increases (Canadian Press)
Sterling holds ground as Bank of England freezes rates (AFP)
Germany's Economy Grows by 0.9 Percent (AP)
Bank of England kick-starts 2006 with rate freeze (AFP)
EU Refuses Market Economy Status for Some (AP)
French Government Pledges to Tackle Debt (AP)
EU calls on Britain to rein in deficit by March 2007 (AFP)
EU Tells Britain to Cut Budget Deficit (AP)

On this day
1976 Seven men who took part in an �8m bank robbery of the Bank of America in Mayfair, London, received jail terms totalling nearly 100 years.

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2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila, is shot and seriously wounded by a bodyguard.
1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
The Shah of Iran flees the country following months of increasingly violent protests against his regime.
1981: Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner
The Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and former Westminster MP, Bernadette McAliskey, is shot by gunmen at her home in County Tyrone.
2001: Oil tanker endangers eco-paradise
A fuel supply tanker to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific runs aground off the island of San Cristobal.
1970: Gaddafi takes over as Libya's premier
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi assumes the role of prime minister four months after leading a successful coup against the monarchy.

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January 3: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.038 %
Standard deviation	1.1
Standard deviation	1.303
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
No. of times FTSE has gone up 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)	88	319	98	108
Avg. % change	0.176%	-0.147%	0.117%	0.061%
Standard deviation % change	1.771	1.736	1.61	0.454
No. of times price has gone up	17	18	22	5
No. of times price has gone down	20	23	14	3

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

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Yahoo European Business
European bourses set for positive open (FT.com)
European stocks start 2006 on upbeat, despite Russia-Ukraine gas row (AFP)
Rates seen rising twice this year (Reuters)
Chirac Hails Fight Against Unemployment (AP)
US set for firm 2006 growth (Reuters)
London shares end firmer (AFP)
Group: Germany to Stay Top Goods Exporter (AP)
European Stocks Top U.S. Easily Despite Weak Economic Growth (Investor's Business Daily)
European Stocks Edge Higher in Trading (AP)
Tokyo, Seoul Shares Rise to New Highs (AP)
Italy issues EU arrest warrant for CIA team (Reuters)

On this day
1984 FTSE 100 first calculated with a base level of 1000. (Only 23 of the original companies are still in the Index).
1930 Bank of Italy became Bank of America.

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1980: Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion
The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, is making his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week.
1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads
US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow.
1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats
The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.
1977: Jenkins quits Commons for Brussels
Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces he is leaving Westminster politics to become Britain's first President of the European Commission.
2000: Art theft was 'professional' job
Police say the Cezanne painting taken from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on New Year's Eve was probably stolen to order.

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