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.

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for January 3