UK Stock Market Almanac

Thursday, June 01, 2006

June 1: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.464 %
Standard deviation1.012
No. of times the FTSE has gone down today since 19845
No. of times FTSE has gone up today since 19849


Metals data for today

GoldSilverPlatinumPaladium
Day ranking (out of 365)355334340269
Avg. % change-0.429%-0.499%-0.432%-0.153%
Standard deviation % change1.3262.1352.2860.524
No. of times price has gone up7 9101
No. of times price has gone down1014 103
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
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