FTSE up more than 100 points

The FTSE 100 Index today rallied past the 6,000 mark for the first time in nearly a month after a report revealed the US unemployment rate fell to a two-year low in March.

The London market closed 101.2 points higher at 6009.92, after the US Labor Department said the unemployment rate fell to 8.8% as companies added workers at the fastest month-on-month pace since the recession.