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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ftse-100-pulls-back-from-6000-mark.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Footsie 100 has dropped 6 points to 5989" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-ftse-100-pulls-back-from-6000-mark.jpg" alt="The Footsie 100 has dropped 6 points to 5989"/></a></p>
<p>London&#8217;s FTSE 100 Index pulled back from the 6000 mark as traders wound down before the Christmas break.</p>
<p>The Footsie dropped 6 points to 5989 after Thursday&#8217;s last minute Santa Rally, which saw the market break past the 6000 barrier for the first time since June 2008.</p>
<p>Trading volumes remain thin ahead of the Christmas holidays &#8211; with the market closing early &#8211; and with little in the way of corporate or UK economic news stocks are struggling to make headway.</p>
<p>Mining and banking stocks weighed the market down, with Eurasian Natural Resources losing 11p at 1043p and Barclays shedding 2.5p at 265p.</p>
<p>Randgold Resources hit the top of the fallers&#8217; board in the wake of falling gold prices, losing more than 5% or 295p to 5205p.</p>
<p>Retailers were once again prominent on the risers board, as a last minute push for Christmas purchases was expected on the high street.</p>
<p>Marks &#038; Spencer rose 2.1p to 376.5p, while B&#038;Q parent Kingfisher added 3p to 266.7p and supermarket Tesco lifted 1.4p to 434.9p.</p>
<p>Outside the top flight, sportswear retailer JJB rose 0.7p to 5p after it revealed investors &#8211; including the foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates &#8211; were poised to raise more than £30 million to prevent its collapse.</p>
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