Merrill Lynch hires quartet for commodities

Merrill Lynch has hired four metals traders from BNP Paribas following the departure of the head of its European commodity trading arm who helped spearhead the Wall Street bank's re-entry into the energy trading market.

Merrill Lynch re-entered the energy trading market in November 2004, when the Wall Street bank acquired Entergy-Koch Trading.

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