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STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - FEB 2, 2004.

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SYDNEY, Feb 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian share market jumped higher at the open as the market's focus was again drawn to the National Australia Bank.

NAB bolted higher after its chief executive Frank Cicutto resigned this morning in the wake of the $360 million foreign exchange trading scandal.

"The big story today is the big gain in the National Australia Bank share price on the back of the unexpected announcement of the resignation of Frank Cicutto," Macquarie Equities private client adviser David Halliday said.

"The market is up, bucking the trend of the US."

By 1018 AEDT NAB was up 66 cents or 2.13 per cent at .21, with 2.71 million shares changing hands worth $84.83 million.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 12.5 points higher at 3284.5 ...

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