91.   The gold market was closed Tuesday to Thursday for the Chinese New Year holidays.

92.   The Hong Kong gold market was closed Friday and Saturday for a long holiday weekend.

93.   The Zurich gold market was closed.

94.   The Zurich gold market was closed for a holiday.

95.   Thursday, Tass quoted an unidentified government official as saying some officials still fear that eliminating the current government monopoly on gold exports would destabilize the gold market.

96.   World Gold Council manager of gold market analysis George Milling-Stanley told reporters at the Diggers and Dealers conference here that this would obviously help the gold market.

97.   Gold markets were closed for an extended Independence Day holiday.

98.   Gold stocks have traditionally been popular with Belgian investors but the launch of Beatrix may be overshadowed by the current crisis in the gold market.

99.   India, the biggest gold market in the world, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Pakistan and Hong Kong are among its main re-export markets.

100.   A wave of depression swept across the gold market this week, pushing the price down by over five dollars.