'Disgusting': Ex-Barclays trader tweets rather than testifies at trial
A former Barclays swaps trader, accused of rate-rigging, declined to testify at his trial, but spent much of it tweeting about politics, finance and, sometimes, the case itself.
Foreign Exchange
Wholesale Interbank Rates
As at (delayed by 30 minutes)| Currencies | $1 AUD Buys | $1 AUD Sells | Movement by Price | Movement by % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | United States Dollar | 0.7507 | 0.7492 | -0.0003fall | -0.04% fall |
| JPY | Japanese Yen | 83.4000 | 83.2000 | -0.0300fall | -0.04% fall |
| EUR | Euro | 0.7087 | 0.7069 | -0.0007fall | -0.10% fall |
| GBP | British Pound | 0.6068 | 0.6053 | -0.0004fall | -0.07% fall |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar | 1.0065 | 1.0042 | -0.0004fall | -0.04% fall |
| CNY | China Yuan Renminbi | 5.1821 | 5.1678 | -0.0021fall | -0.04% fall |
| HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | 5.8325 | 5.8200 | -0.0023fall | -0.04% fall |
| INR | Indian Rupee | 48.2500 | 48.1480 | -0.0190fall | -0.04% fall |
| IDR | Indonesian Rupiah | 9999.3200 | 9975.6000 | -3.9900fall | -0.04% fall |
| MYR | Malaysian Ringgit | 3.3305 | 3.3216 | -0.0013fall | -0.04% fall |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollar | 1.0826 | 1.0799 | -0.0004fall | -0.04% fall |
| SGD | Singapore Dollar | 1.0550 | 1.0521 | -0.0004fall | -0.04% fall |
| ZAR | South African Rand | 10.3353 | 10.3034 | -0.0041fall | -0.04% fall |
| CHF | Swiss Franc | 0.7576 | 0.7558 | -0.0003fall | -0.04% fall |
| THB | Thailand Baht | 25.9900 | 25.9200 | -0.0100fall | -0.04% fall |
Major Currency Cross Rates
As at (updated every 30 minutes)| Currency | AUD | USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | NZD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 AUD | 1.0000 | 0.7492 | 0.7069 | 0.6053 | 83.2000 | 1.0799 |
| $1 USD | 1.3321 | 1.0000 | 0.9436 | 0.8080 | 111.0500 | 1.4413 |
| €1 EUR | 1.4109 | 1.0592 | 1.0000 | 0.8558 | 117.6200 | 1.5267 |
| £1 GBP | 1.6481 | 1.2372 | 1.1674 | 1.0000 | 137.3900 | 1.7832 |
| ¥1 JPY | 0.0120 | 0.0090 | 0.0085 | 0.0073 | 1.0000 | 0.0130 |
| $1 NZD | 0.9237 | 0.6934 | 0.6543 | 0.5602 | 77.0000 | 1.0000 |
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