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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/economic-reports-boost-us-stocks.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 20 points at 12,062" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-economic-reports-boost-us-stocks.jpg" alt="The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 20 points at 12,062"/></a></p>
<p>US stocks finished with small gains after stronger-than-expected economic news and a jump in January retail sales.</p>
<p>Consumer discretionary companies in the S&#038;P 500 index gained 1.2% after chains reported sales nearly double what analysts had forecast. Costco Wholesale and Gap each gained more than 4%.</p>
<p>The Labour Department said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week.</p>
<p>At the market close, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 20 points, or 0.2%, at 12,062. The S&#038;P 500 index was up 3, or 0.2%, at 1,307. The Nasdaq composite rose 4, or 0.2%, to 2,753.</p>
<p>Rising and falling shares were even on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume totalled 1 billion shares</p>
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