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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/shell-profits-fail-to-lift-ftse.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The FTSE 100 Index slipped 22.4 points to 5977.6" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-shell-profits-fail-to-lift-ftse.jpg" alt="The FTSE 100 Index slipped 22.4 points to 5977.6"/></a></p>
<p>Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has led the FTSE 100 Index into the red as its fourth quarter figures left investors disappointed.</p>
<p>A 3% decline from the heavily weighted stock brought an end to the Footsie&#8217;s recent rally, with the top tier down 22.4 points to 5977.6.</p>
<p>Shell fell 70.5p to 2180.5p after tough downstream trading left earnings in the final three months of 2010 short of the 4.7 billion US dollars (£2.9 billion) expected in the City.</p>
<p>The performance overshadowed news of a £11.5 billion profits haul in 2010 and sent rival firm BP down 7.2p to 480.8p.</p>
<p>A busy session for corporate results saw BT Group earn a place near the top of the risers board after third quarter profits lifted 30% on the back of a strong three months for broadband additions. Shares were 5.1p higher at 183.6p, a gain of 3%.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in the telecoms sector, mobile phone firm Vodafone announced it expected full-year operating profits to be towards the upper end of the £11.8 billion to £12.2 billion forecast in November. The company has been buoyed by strong smartphone and data usage in the UK, but shares failed to respond as the company dropped 1.3p to 175.9p.</p>
<p>Thomson holidays firm TUI Travel was another top flight faller, dropping 3.7p to 243.3p after it warned the political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia could hit earnings by up to £30 million.</p>
<p>Annual results from high street banking giant Santander shone the spotlight on the banking sector, as it reported an 11% rise in UK profits, but warned over margins. The Spanish firm also revealed the impact of bad debt charges on the wider group, with overall profits down 8.5% in 2010.</p>
<p>Among its UK rivals, Lloyds Banking Group fell 0.8p to 63.6p, while fellow part-nationalised player Royal Bank of Scotland added 1.3p to 43.8p.</p>
<p>Consumer goods group Unilever was in the red as it said raw material costs &#8211; such as corn, palm oil and soya beans &#8211; caused operating margins to drop in the final three months of last year. Shares in Unilever dropped 1% or 23p to 1834p.</p>
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