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<p>London&#8217;s FTSE 100 Index has slipped from the 6,000 level amid lacklustre trading after the Christmas holiday.</p>
<p>The last full business day of the year saw the Footsie drop five points to 5991.3, as traders took their lead from a disappointing session for Asian markets overnight.</p>
<p>Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 fell 1.1% as investors sold export-based stocks due to the strengthening of the yen against the dollar, a factor which cuts the value of profits and makes products less competitive abroad.</p>
<p>In London, the top tier closed above the 6,000 level for the first time since June 2008 on Christmas Eve as thin trading volumes and a Santa rally helped blue chips move higher.</p>
<p>However, the rally has run out of steam since then, with heavyweights such as BP among those lower after a drop of 2.55p to 470.8p.</p>
<p>Banks and retailers did their best to prop up the top flight as Barclays rose 2.15p to 266.85p, part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group added 0.2p to 67.8p and Tesco cheered 1.1p to 436.5p.</p>
<p>Silver miner Fresnillo was top of the FTSE 100 pile after lifting 20p to 1639p, a gain of more than 1%.</p>
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