91.   The GNI trading house said that the closure of a smelter owned by the Australian mining company BHP lifted the market slightly.

92.   The GNI trading house said that the unexpected stock draw may have been the result of above-trend Japanese purchases.

93.   The GNI trading house said that the fall in prices followed losses on the New York market overnight.

94.   The GNI trading house said that the market had firmed because of a slowdown in the build up of stocks of the metal held in LME warehouses.

95.   The GNI trading house said that there has been no frost in Brazil, despite a cooler-than-usual start to the cold season.

96.   The GNI trading house said that Colombian exporters have found it increasingly difficult to satisfy demand on the export market.

97.   The GNI trading house said that the prospect of higher interest rates in the United States to calm inflationary pressures also turned investors away from the precious metals market.

98.   The GNI trading house said the rise came at a time when Chinese authorities had mounted a crackdown on tin smugglers and unauthorised tin mines.

99.   The major software house said a range of solutions owned by its unit BankWare would be implemented in Shinsei, the only major Japanese bank owned by foreign investors.