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FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS STRONGER - MAR 3, 2003.

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SYDNEY, Mar 3 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar opened stronger today as the US dollar weakened amid fears of war, while a softer New Zealand dollar kept the local currency well bid.

At 0700 AEDT, the Australian dollar was at $US0.6075/80 compared with $US0.6050/55 at Friday's close.

A weaker US dollar again worked in the favour of the local currency, pushing it to around its highest level in 32 months at $US0.6090.

An admission from the Bank of Japan that it had covertly intervened to weaken the Japanese currency in February initially aroused the US dollar on Friday night.

But the US dollar soon lost ground, as did United States equities, amid fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's motions toward disarming would fail to prevent a US-led military attack.

On the local market, continued buying on the Australia dollar/New Zealand dollar cross rate kept the Australian dollar well bid over the weekend.

This move, which started last week, is based ...

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