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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/drop-in-jobless-rate-boosts-dow.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points to close at 12,092" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-drop-in-jobless-rate-boosts-dow.jpg" alt="The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points to close at 12,092"/></a></p>
<p>US stocks finished with modest gains after the government reported a sharp drop in the unemployment rate. Information technology companies led stocks higher.</p>
<p>The Labour Department said that the unemployment rate dropped to 9% in January, the lowest rate since April 2009. But in a separate survey, the government said 36,000 new jobs were created last month, the fewest in four months.</p>
<p>The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points, or 0.2%, to close at 12,092. The S&#038;P 500 index rose 3 points, or 0.3%, to 1,310. The Nasdaq gained 15 points, or 0.6%, to 2,769.</p>
<p>Falling shares outnumbered rising ones by a small margin on the New York Stock Exchange. Preliminary trading volume was 912 million shares.</p>
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