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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ftse-strong-despite-us-jobs-blow.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The FTSE 100 Index climbed by 21.2 points to 6004.5" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-ftse-strong-despite-us-jobs-blow.jpg" alt="The FTSE 100 Index climbed by 21.2 points to 6004.5"/></a></p>
<p>The FTSE 100 Index remained in positive territory despite a shaky start to trading on Wall Street after disappointing US jobs figures.</p>
<p>America&#8217;s Dow Jones industrial average struggled to make headway after figures revealed a smaller than expected rise in the number of US jobs created in January.</p>
<p>The Footsie maintained gains, up 21.2 points to 6004.5, led by water companies on signs that the UK&#8217;s inflationary bubble will boost results.</p>
<p>Severn Trent and United Utilities added 5% after Bank of America Merrill Lynch introduced buy ratings on the pair to reflect higher inflation. Severn was up 65p to 1455p and United lifted 27p to 582p.</p>
<p>Second-tier stocks Pennon and Northumbrian Water were raised to neutral from underperform, helping them rise 9p to 626p and 6.9p to 315.4p respectively.</p>
<p>Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell extended Thursday&#8217;s 3% loss with a 1% fall, down 16p to 2161.5p, after its fourth quarter profits and production performance left investors cold. Other energy stocks remained in the red, with BG Group off 2p to 1432.5p.</p>
<p>Cairn Energy was the biggest Footsie faller, down 11.4p to 426.6p, after reports that Vedanta Resources was considering pulling out of a deal to buy a majority stake in Cairn India.</p>
<p>And Thomson owner TUI Travel remained under pressure due to the impact of Egypt&#8217;s civil unrest on the holiday plans of thousands of customers. Shares dropped another 2.7p to 240.3p.</p>
<p>Outside the top flight, ITV surged 3.6p to 83p, as Tuesday&#8217;s bullish statement from RTL, Europe&#8217;s largest free-to-air broadcaster, continued to have a positive impact on the stock ahead of its results in March.</p>
<p>Retailer HMV rose 5% or 1.25p to 24p, boosted by speculation that private equity and former retail bosses are eyeing the business for takeover.</p>
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