91.   Dealers said overnight dollar gains on the German mark had put pressure on the local unit.

92.   Dealers said the local unit had lost some ground against the dollar in choppy trade as the dollar gained against the German mark on a German rate cut.

93.   Dealers said the local unit has found no support in a thin market dominated by one-way traffic from offshore dollar orders.

94.   Dealers said the local unit was being weakened by demand from importers.

95.   Dealers said the local unit was coming under pressure from a stronger dollar on international markets.

96.   Dealers said the local unit was expected to remain bullish against the dollar following the release last week of bullish economic data.

97.   Dealers said the rand had rebounded from historic lows after the central Reserve Bank intervened to support the local unit.

98.   Dealers said there had been good two-way trade Tuesday, but this was not enough to lift the local unit out of its range.

99.   Dealers expected the local unit to strengthen during the day as the full impact of the falling dollar took effect.

100.   Dealers said gains by local unit in early trade Wednesday were reversed in the afternoon by heavy offshore dollar demand.