June 20: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	-0.391 %
Standard deviation	0.857
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	9
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	6

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	117	86	45	105
Avg. % change	0.156%	0.307%	0.386%	0.091%
Standard deviation % change	0.875	1.384	1.057	0.27
No. of times price has gone up	12	13	13	3
No. of times price has gone down	8	10	5	1

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

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Bond prices slip (AP)
Slovakia's left-wing opposition set to win general election (AFP)
Poll shows Slovak leftists win (Reuters)
Euronext-Deutsche Boerse merger would be uncompetitive: NYSE chief (AFP)
European summit shelves constitution, focuses on economy, immigration (Canadian Press)
London shares close on a low (AFP)
EU gives Slovenia green light to join eurozone (AFP)
EU leaders give Slovenia green light to join eurozone (AFP)
EU leaders turn to enlargement, amid concern about new obstacles (AFP)
US, EU still working on Palestinian aid (AFP)
EU monitors protest Hamas cash flow across border (AFP)

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1976: Westerners evacuated from Beirut
Hundreds of Western tourists are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassador.
1995: Shell makes dramatic U-turn
Oil giant Shell caves in to international pressure and abandons plans to dump the Brent Spar oil rig at sea.
1990: Major proposes new Euro currency
British Chancellor John Major proposes a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies.
1984: O-Levels to be replaced by GCSEs
The biggest exam shake-up for over 10 years is announced with O-Level and CSE exams to be replaced by a new exam.
1965: Students protest after Algiers coup
Police in Algiers break up demonstrations by people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President Ben Bella

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June 8: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.216 %
Standard deviation	0.667
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	6
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)	160	183	127	131
Avg. % change	0.066%	0.02%	0.156%	0.043%
Standard deviation % change	0.92	1.231	1.447	0.583
No. of times price has gone up	11	11	12	2
No. of times price has gone down	8	9	8	2

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

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EU trade chief tells China 'more is needed'(AFP)
Deutsche Boerse to admit foreign companies to blue-chip DAX index (AFP)
London's FTSE-100 index up 30.9 points (AP)
European stocks fall further (AFP)
FTSE gains as investors digest Cadburys (FT.com)
Miners lead FTSE's decline (FT.com)
Dollar rises againt most currencies (AP)
London shares end on a high (AFP)
Japanese stocks rebound from 3-month lows (AP)
European stocks close slightly lower (AP)
EU investors confident in Thailand despite political woes: diplomats (AFP)

On this day
1869 Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patented the vacuum cleaner.

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1982: Fifty die in Argentine air attack
Up to 50 British servicemen are killed in an Argentine air attack on two supply ships in the Falklands
1968: James Earl Ray quizzed over King death
A man is arrested in London in connection with the murder of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
1999: Liar Aitken jailed for 18 months
Ex-cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is jailed for 18 months after admitting he lied during a libel action.
1963: Ward charged over 'immoral earnings'
Dr Stephen Ward, a London osteopath and friend of Christine Keeler, is arrested and charged with living on immoral earnings
1978: Woman takes world sailing record
Yachtswoman Naomi James breaks the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days.

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June 6: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.197 %
Standard deviation	0.714
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	340	189	14	193
Avg. % change	-0.341%	0.007%	0.553%	-0.028%
Standard deviation % change	1.526	2.048	2.607	0.8
No. of times price has gone up	8	14	9	3
No. of times price has gone down	11	10	8	2

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

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Miners lead FTSE's decline (FT.com)
Dollar rises againt most currencies (AP)
European stocks poised for opening losses (FT.com)
London shares end on a high (AFP)
European stocks head lower after rebound (AFP)
Japanese stocks rebound from 3-month lows (AP)
European stocks close slightly lower (AP)
EU investors confident in Thailand despite political woes: diplomats (AFP)
ECB official: euro helps anchor EU inflation ideas (Reuters)
Putin rebuffs EU on access to Russia's 'holy'energy interests (AFP)
London's FTSE-100 index up 28.7 points (AP)

On this day
2001 Members of Friends Provident, the mutual life insurer, voted 97% in favour of floating the company on the stock market. After flotation, the shares fell steadily for two years.

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1944: D-Day marks start of Europe invasion
Thousands of Allied troops are landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans.
1984: Troops raid Golden Temple in Amritsar
Nearly 300 people are killed as Indian troops storm the Golden Temple in Amritsar, held by Sikh militants.
1966: Black civil rights activist shot
James Meredith, the first black man to brave the colour bar at the University of Mississippi, is shot in the back and legs while on a civil rights march.
1975: UK embraces Europe in referendum
British voters back the UK's continued membership of the EEC by two-to-one in a nationwide referendum.
1994: Asylum seekers flee detention centre
Six detainees held in an Oxfordshire immigration centre make their escape after a rooftop protest.

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June 3: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.269 %
Standard deviation	0.55
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	213	84	59	133
Avg. % change	-0.027%	0.31%	0.346%	0.039%
Standard deviation % change	0.648	1.7	1.098	1.316
No. of times price has gone up	4	14	14	2
No. of times price has gone down	14	6	4	2

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

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London-listed fund managers lift FTSE (FT.com)
European stocks poised for opening gains (FT.com)
London shares end on a high (AFP)
European stocks head lower after rebound (AFP)
Japanese stocks rebound from 3-month lows (AP)
Financials shine as FTSE bounces back (FT.com)
European stocks recover after early losses (FT.com)
European stocks close slightly lower (AP)
EU investors confident in Thailand despite political woes: diplomats (AFP)
ECB official: euro helps anchor EU inflation ideas (Reuters)
Putin rebuffs EU on access to Russia's 'holy'energy interests (AFP)

On this day
2004 Anheuser-Busch, the firm behind Budweiser beer, won a bidding war against SABMiller for Chinese brewer Harbin. The offer valued Harbin at about $720m.

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1962: 130 die in Paris air crash
An Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport killing all but two of those on board.
1991: IRA men shot dead by British army
Three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence information.
1982: Israeli ambassador shot in London
Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, is critically ill in hospital after being shot on a London street.
1972: Protestant march ends in battle
Soldiers disperse crowds as a Protestant march against "no-go"areas in Londonderry turns violent at Craigavon Bridge.
1957: Noel Coward comes home
Noel Coward returns from Jamaica for a short visit to Britain and rebuffs suggestions he has become a tax exile.

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June 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day

Average percentage change for this day	0.464 %
Standard deviation	1.012
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 1984	5
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 1984	9

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Metals data for today

	Gold	Silver	Platinum	Paladium
Day ranking (out of 365)	355	334	340	269
Avg. % change	-0.429%	-0.499%	-0.432%	-0.153%
Standard deviation % change	1.326	2.135	2.286	0.524
No. of times price has gone up	7	9	10	1
No. of times price has gone down	10	14	10	3

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

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Japanese stocks rebound from 3-month lows (AP)
London shares pull U-turn to close sharply higher (AFP)
Financials shine as FTSE bounces back (FT.com)
European stocks weaken after heavy falls (AFP)
European stocks recover after early losses (FT.com)
European stocks fall after Wall Street losses (FT.com)
European stocks down as oils and banks weigh (FT.com)
European markets set for lower open (FT.com)
European stocks close slightly lower (AP)
European stocks fall amid low volumes (FT.com)
EU investors confident in Thailand despite political woes: diplomats (AFP)

On this day
1981 Effective Federal Funds Rate hits 19.1% - the highest over the last 50 years.

BBC - On This Day
2001: Nepal royal family massacred
The heir to the throne of Himalayan kingdom of Nepal massacres the royal family before turning the gun on himself.
1993: Serb attack on football match kills 11
Serb forces shell a football match in Bosnia killing 11 people, including four children.
1979: End of white rule in Rhodesia
Rhodesia formally ends nearly 90 years of white minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
1958: De Gaulle returns to tackle Algeria
France's General Charles de Gaulle is invited back to the helm as the crisis in Algeria threatens to bring civil war to France itself.
1985: Hippies clash with police
Over 300 people are arrested as police intercept a convoy of hippies going to Stonehenge.
1970: British Prime Minister hit by flying egg
The Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has been hit in the face with an egg thrown by a Young conservative demonstrator.

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