FOREIGN EXCHANGE AT 0000 GMT (against previous Sydney close) 0.6903/06 (0.6996/99) 1.2160/86(1.2154/72) 67.75/79 (68.78/85) 98.14/17(98.32/37) 0.5204/08 (0.5152/55) 1.3261/65(1.3578/80) DEBT FUTURES CASH YIELDS 90-DAY BILL (JUN) 97.16 (+0.03) 3.17(3.17) 3-YR BOND (JUN) 96.510 (+0.02) 3.52(3.52) 10-YR BOND (JUN) 95.485 (+0.04) 4.74(4.76) 3/10 SPREAD +1.025 (+1.040) AUST/US 10-YR SPREAD +199(+200) S&P/ASX 200 3624.8 (3672.3) US10-YR 2.75(2.76) -----------------------------Mar 30------------------------------ * Aussie slipped on Monday, but stayed in sight of multi-month highs struck last week, as lower stock markets and commodity prices curbed demand for higher-yielding currencies. * Aussie retreated to $0.6903, from $0.6996 seen here late Friday, and compared to a 11-week high of $0.7093 struck on March 24. * Against the yen, the local dollar retreated to 67.75 yen , from Friday' 68.78, and compared to a 4-1/2-month peak of 69.60 hit on March 24. * Asian stock markets fell on Monday, tracking losses in U.S. stocks which dropped after bank executives said March was a tougher month for the industry than the previous two. * Oil prices fell over 2 percent towards $51 a barrel on Monday as a bleak near-term energy demand outlook prompted investors to take profits on the market's recent rally. * Aussie bond futures rose, tracking gains in U.S. Treasuries which got a lift from the Federal Reserve's move to buy

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