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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ftse-teeters-close-to-6000-mark.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The FTSE 100 dropped 8.1 points to 5988.2" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-ftse-teeters-close-to-6000-mark.jpg" alt="The FTSE 100 dropped 8.1 points to 5988.2"/></a></p>
<p>The FTSE 100 Index has remained close to the 6,000 mark as traders held their positions at the end of a decent year for London shares.</p>
<p>The last full business session of the year saw the Footsie drop 8.1 points to 5988.2, but the top flight is still on track to rise by almost 11% over 2010 after a December rally capped a strong second half year.</p>
<p>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>The rally has run out of steam since then, with Thursday&#8217;s modest decline reflecting 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>The next landmark for traders will be the opening of the US market and economic figures on jobless claims and pending home sales.</p>
<p>Heavyweights such as BP were among those lower in London on Thursday after a drop of 2.9p to 470.45p. Vodafone fell 1.35p to 167.5p and BT Group dropped 1.4p to 183.3p.</p>
<p>Banks did their best to prop up the top flight as Barclays rose 1.55p to 266.25p and part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group added 0.1p to 67.8p.</p>
<p>Silver miner Fresnillo was top of the FTSE 100 pile after lifting 18p to 1637p, a gain of more than 1%. It was followed by building and plumbing supplies firm Wolseley, which lifted 16p to 2060p.</p>
<p>But supermarket retailers experienced a disappointing session despite evidence that the sector held its own during a snow-impacted run-up to Christmas.</p>
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