澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-20（在线收听）

The National Australian Bank has agreed to pay 6.6 million dollars’ compensation to its credit card customers involved in a bank / cards action. Around 23,000 credit card customers of the NAB will be compensated for being charged inception fees by the bank in the case around by law firm Morris Blackbird, but the agreement has been stayed pending the outcome of a separate card action against bank fees in the High Court against ANZ and other banks. 

The local market started off a strong but round steam by the end of the day. In the afternoon trade, the All Ordinaries pulled back from its morning gains. The ASX 200 rose 19 points to 5187. Looking at the Movers, Southern Cross Media fell. Nine Entertainment jumped after it bought nearly 10% stake in Southern Cross. Telstra dropped. It wouldn’t comment on speculation it wanted to offload its stake in Foxtail. Miners like BHP Billiton held it to market and Retailer Premier Investments says first half net profit rose by one quarter to nearly 72 million dollars. 

To Commodity, Spot gold picked up in Asian trade after an overnight fall. West Texas Crude Oil back to 40 US dollars a barrel, the highest level so far in 2016. To currencies, weaker greenback and stronger Chinese currencies saw the Australian dollar surge. It reached to fresh 8 months high today of 76.8 US cents.