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First trading day of March
Tomorrow, Friday 1 March, will be the first trading day (FTD) of March. As explained in the 2013 edition of the Almanac, the market has a tendency to be strong on the FTD of a month. And this effect...
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Average market behaviour in March
The following chart plots the average performance of the FTSE 100 Index during March since 1984 (more info on this type of chart). The chart shows that on average the UK market climbs for the first...
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First trading day of July
Next Monday will be the first trading day (FTD) of July. As explained in the 2013 edition of the Almanac, the market has a tendency to be strong on the FTD of a month. And this effect has been even...
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FTSE 100 daily returns heatmap
This article concerns the daily returns for the FTSE 100 Index from 1984. Average daily returns The following table shows the average return since 1984 of the FTSE 100 Index for each day of the year....
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UK stock market average returns by calendar day of the month
The following chart plots the average daily returns for the 31 calendar days in a month for the FTSE 100 index over the period 1984-2015. For example, since 1984, the FTSE 100 index has on average...
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