UK Stock Market Almanac

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

June 6: FTSE100 Performance Analysis For This Day
Average percentage change for this day0.197 %
Standard deviation0.714
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)34018914193
Avg. % change-0.341%0.007%0.553%-0.028%
Standard deviation % change1.5262.0482.6070.8
No. of times price has gone up8 1493
No. of times price has gone down1110 82
Gold:since 1970, Silver : 1970, Platinum: 1976, Paladium: 1996


Yahoo European Business
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.

BBC - On This Day
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.

Wikipedia On This Day
Wikipedia entry for June 6

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