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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gloomy-jobless-data-hits-us-stocks.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.58 points to close at 11,697.3" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-gloomy-jobless-data-hits-us-stocks.jpg" alt="The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.58 points to close at 11,697.3"/></a></p>
<p>US stocks slipped on Thursday after the government reported an increase in applications for unemployment benefits last week.</p>
<p>The Labour Department said that 409,000 people made first-time claims for benefits. That&#8217;s up 18,000 from the previous week, when applications fell to their lowest level in more than two years. The number of applications suggests that companies are adding jobs, but slowly.</p>
<p>The report came a day after ADP estimated that companies added nearly 300,000 jobs last month, far more than the 100,000 economists expected. That report pushed stock prices higher and Treasury prices lower as investors became more optimistic about the job market.</p>
<p>In a week with several reports on employment, the most important one will arrive on Friday when the Labour Department releases its monthly survey of all US payrolls and the unemployment rate. Economists expect the rate fell to 9.7% in December from 9.8% the previous month.</p>
<p>Many retailers fell after reporting weaker sales in December. Target Corp fell 7% to 54.93 dollars and Gap Inc fell 7% to 20.70. Macy&#8217;s Inc. fell 4% to 23.97 dollars.</p>
<p>A blizzard in the north-east hurt sales after Christmas. Retail sales were strong in November since many customers shopped earlier in the holiday season this year. Analysts still expect overall retail spending in November and December to increase by the largest amount since 2006.</p>
<p>The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.58 points, or 0.2%, to close at 11,697.31.</p>
<p>The Standard&#038;Poor&#8217;s 500 index fell 2.71, or 0.2%, to close at 1,273.85. The Nasdaq composite index rose 7.69, or 0.3%, to 2,709.89.</p>
<p>Three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was 1 billion shares.</p>
<p>Bond prices rose, sending their yields lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.40% from 3.46% late on Wednesday. The yield is used to set interest rates on many kinds of loans including mortgages.</p>
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