Northern Rock made the only loss on the FTSE this afternoon, falling 46.75 points, or 15.28%, to 259.25p. The stock average rose 225.3 points, or 3.62%, to 6508.6p.
Anglo American rose 277 points, or 9.58%, to 3167p. Vedanta Resources rose 165 points, or 8.58%, to 2089p. Hammerson rose 86 points, or 7.66%, to 1209p. Xstrata rose 218 points, or 7.63%, to 3075p. Prudential rose 49.5 points, or 7.51%, to 708.5p. The Dow Jones rose 107.3 points, or 0.78%, today to 13846.69c. Alcoa rose 0.97 points, or 2.66%, to 37.86c. Caterpillar rose 1.73 points, or 2.23%, to 79.19c. AT&T rose 0.84 points, or 2.06%, to 41.67c. Du Pont De Nemours rose 0.8 points, or 1.66%, to 50.1c. Pfizer rose 0.4 points, or 1.63%, to 24.94c. Microsoft fell 0.37 points, or ...
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