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.

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
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