UK Stock Market Almanac

Saturday, June 03, 2006

June 3: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.269 %
Standard deviation0.55
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)2138459133
Avg. % change-0.027%0.31%0.346%0.039%
Standard deviation % change0.6481.71.0981.316
No. of times price has gone up4 14142
No. of times price has gone down146 42
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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.

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for June 3

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