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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Yahoo European Business
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.

BBC - On This Day
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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