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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/optimism-helps-push-ftse-past-6000.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The FTSE 100 Index rose 42.3 points to close on Wednesday at 6,000.1" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-optimism-helps-push-ftse-past-6000.jpg" alt="The FTSE 100 Index rose 42.3 points to close on Wednesday at 6,000.1"/></a></p>
<p>Renewed economic optimism has helped the FTSE 100 Index push past the 6,000 mark despite profit-taking on America&#8217;s top share index.</p>
<p>News of a rebound in the UK construction sector added to cheer over upbeat manufacturing data in the UK and US the previous session.</p>
<p>The Footsie closed 42.3 points higher at 6000.1 after a 1.6% surge on Tuesday despite a lacklustre start to Wednesday&#8217;s trading on Wall Street.</p>
<p>The Dow Jones industrial average clung to its opening mark, with little support offered by respectable earnings reports from Time Warner, chocolate giant Hershey and AOL. US investors were taking profits after it rose above 12,000 for the first time in two-and-a-half years on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Markets worldwide have been spurred on by encouraging economic data, which has helped ease lingering concerns over the political unrest in Egypt.</p>
<p>Survey data showing a rebound in the UK construction sector last month after a snow-hit December helped extend gains in London.</p>
<p>The figures also sent the pound surging to a three month high against the US dollar. Sterling rose to 1.62 dollars and gained strength against most major currencies, up 0.5% to 1.17 euros.</p>
<p>Commodity firms were among those stocks benefiting the most on the Footsie. Lonmin was the sector&#8217;s biggest gainer, up 69p to 1768p, while Rio Tinto followed with a 163.5p gain to 4507.5p.</p>
<p>Banks joined in the rally, led by HSBC with a 13.7p rise to 701.4p.</p>
<p>Lambert &#038; Butler maker Imperial Tobacco was the star performer on the FTSE 100 as its first quarter trading update revealed a return to sales growth. The world&#8217;s fourth biggest cigarette firm rose 6% or 106p to 1900p as it said sales volumes lifted 1.2% and underlying net revenues rose 5% in the three months to December 31.</p>
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