Spain jobless total rises in March to 4.16 mln-UPDATE 1

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Spain jobless total rises in March to 4.16 mln-UPDATE 1: "Spanish unemployment rose slightly in March as jobs were cut in the dominant services sector but the jobless level in the hard-hit construction market fell for the first time in six months.The jobless rate rose in Spain by 0.87 percent in March or 35,988 people, according to Labour Ministry data on Tuesday, some way down on the 123,543 jobs lost in the same month last year.In February, the jobless rate rose by 2.0 percent.That took the number of unemployed to 4.16 million people, up from the 4.13 million hit in February.'While there was an increase in the past month the data confirm that the rise in unemployment is slowing,' said the head of the Labour Ministry's employment department Maravillas Rojo."