91.   But he declined to say at what levels the bank is buying.

92.   Dealers contacted by Business Times said they could not ascertain why the Japanese banks are buying the ringgit, or how much greenback was sold.

93.   Dealers said mainland banks were buying to get cheap U.S. dollars, while U.S. accounts may be trying to sell the Hong Kong dollars short.

94.   Dealers said mainland banks were buying to get cheap U.S. dollars.

95.   German television reported in December that the bank had bought Reichsbank gold robbed from Jews.

96.   In currency trading, Japanese banks bought dollars after seeing the gains in the U.S. stock and bond markets overnight, a dealer at a European bank said.

97.   Japanese banks bought some dollars for yen in the morning, but Japanese life insurers later sold the U.S. currency, traders said.

98.   The bank was reported buying dollars early in the trading day, but it was not enough to prop up the currency.

99.   The figures for the commercial banks remain incomplete, and it is unknown how much of the gold the banks actually bought, the panel said.

100.   The sale was also seen as a good opportunity for foreign banks to buy Brazilian market share.