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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... drivers following a volatile weekend that saw it drop by as much as three US cents. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7706/11 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7722/25. It traded between $US0.7690 and 0.7756 overnight. The Australian ...

Kraehe to stay on at NAB and BlueScope only

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... Kraehe, who recently replaced Charles Allen as NAB chairman in the fallout from the $360 million loss from rogue currency trading, said he will likely decide to maintain his position as chairman of BlueScope Steel.

Perth-based director found not guilty of insider trading

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... The investment watchdog today said Perth-based company director Robert Paul Martin had been found not guilty of insider trading in shares of Roehampton Resources NL. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Martin was acquitted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... Friday's peaks, as a spree of buying in the United States dollar sent the currency lower. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7697/02 compared with Friday's close of 0.7878/81. Over the weekend the local currency traded in a wide range ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
... opened slightly weaker after the United States dollar rose against the euro overnight. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7907/11 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7914/19. In offshore trade it reached a high of $US0.7920 and a low ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... concerns about National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign exchange options head ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... per cent against the US dollar overnight after breaking through the 80 US cent mark. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7899/04 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7973/78. The Australian share market is likely to drop back at the open ...

Shareholders expect NAB chairman to quit other roles

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
... was surprised that Mr Kraehe was appointed ahead of the outcome of a PricewaterhouseCoopers investigation into the rogue trading scandal that triggered the resignations of the two most senior people at NAB. ABN Amro said since the board is potentially ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
... cents overnight on expectations further interest rate rises will attract investors. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7978/83 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7933/38. Overnight, it traded between $US0.7927 and 0.7988. The Australian ...

Business conditions weaken sharply in January: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... early 2003, the survey found. The survey found all components of the index fell, with the most significant falls in the trading and profitability indices, down 24 points and 18 points respectively.