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The Uk's FTSE 100 stock market index continued to flirt with the 5,000 point mark throughout the day but eventually ended the day 9.60 points higher to reach that magical figure exactly.

Having charged across the 5,000 mark yesterday, the FTSE 100 index has shed a couple of points this morning to 4,987.7, paced by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group.

In the UK, the FTSE 100 Index has u-turned on the 5,000 mark, declining about 20 points to 4,975 in morning trading.

The FTSE 100 index has added 15.7 points to 4995.5 at its close and is now extremely close to the 5,000 mark, led by asset management firm Schroders.

The FTSE 100 index has advanced a fraction adding about 3 points to its overnight tally.

The UK's FTSE 100 Index moved 38.3 points closer to a 5,000-point barrier, and is now just 20 points away, thanks in particular to Tate & Lyle.

In the UK, the FTSE 100 index has picked up from where it left off on Friday adding 25.5 points to 4,967 points, led by British American Tobacco.

The UK's benchmark index ended the week at a 2 ½ year high after a better general performance all week pushed the blue chips market closer towards the psychological 5,000 barrier.

The FTSE 100 index has shaken off a minor glitch yesterday by adding 22 points to 4930.3 points this morning, led by Allied Domecq, after a report from Wall Street Journal said Pernod Ricard SA could make an offer to purchase the company.

The FTSE 100 index actually lost ground today to close down 7.9 points to 4908.3 points after Royal Dutch/Shell Group cut its reserves for a fifth time, while revealing that its oil and gas holdings were again at least a third lower than reported in 2002....