FTSE up as Northern Rock continues to rise

Northern Rock rose 6.9 points, or 3.77%, to 189.8p. Vodafone Group rose six points, or 3.37%, to 184.2p. Home Retail rose 12 points, or 3.05%, to 405p. Aviva rose 20 points, or 2.84%, to 724p. Kazakhmys rose 39 points, or 2.83%, to 1416p. Alliance & Leicester fell 17 points, or 2.26%, to 735p. GlaxoSmithKline fell 15 points, or 1.2%, to 1234p. Barratt Developments fell 6.5 points, or 0.98%, to 655.5p. Smith & Nephew fell five points, or 0.8%, to 618.5p. AstraZeneca fell 16 points, or 0.66%, to 2393p. The Dow Jones fell 0.98 points, or 0.01%, to 13675.25c. Caterpillar rose 1.37...