LONDON'S FTSE-100 index closed at a near three-month high yesterday as the US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level for four years.
LONDON'S FTSE-100 index closed at a near three-month high yesterday as the US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level for four years.
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The top flight closed 13 points higher at 5914.4 after the US jobs report offset earlier concerns over the UK economy following dire manufacturing figures.
Figures revealed a far better-than-expected 146,000 jobs were added in the US last month, while the rate of unemployment dropped to 7.7% – its lowest level since December 2008.
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