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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/us-jobs-data-drives-ftse-100-up.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The FTSE 100 Index rose 25 points to 5819.9" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-us-jobs-data-drives-ftse-100-up.jpg" alt="The FTSE 100 Index rose 25 points to 5819.9"/></a></p>
<p>Improved unemployment data in the US has bolstered gains in London as banking stocks continued to move higher.</p>
<p>Wall Street&#8217;s Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1% after the US Labor department revealed benefit claims dropped last week to 421,000 to the second-lowest level this year.</p>
<p>The positive sentiment rippled across the Atlantic, where the FTSE 100 Index rose 25 points to 5819.9, led by Britain&#8217;s banks.</p>
<p>The Bank of England&#8217;s widely-expected decision to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.5% and quantitative easing at £200 billion had little impact.</p>
<p>Barclays moved ahead 10.4p to 274.5p, while part-nationalised banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds lifted 1.7p to 42.6p and 1.2p to 68.8p respectively.</p>
<p>Standard Chartered bucked the trend and slipped more than 4% as the bank confirmed its net interest margin had eased and that cost growth was likely to outpace revenue growth.</p>
<p>Shares were down 80p to 1798p despite Standard reassuring investors it was on track to achieve record results in 2010.</p>
<p>Investor attentions were also focused on the latest house price data from Halifax.</p>
<p>The lending giant said property prices fell 0.1% during November, but added there were signs the housing market was stabilising &#8211; providing a boost to housebuilding stocks.</p>
<p>Bellway rose 6% or 37p to 653p, Persimmon lifted 18.2p to 428.5 and Barratt Developments added 2.2p to 88.9p in the FTSE 250.</p>
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