111.   The company said the figures do not yet reflect an expected strong increase in the scale of operations of the new means of crossing the English Channel.

112.   The dollar benefitted early in the day from a solid bond market following news of a slightly lower than expected increase in February US retail sales.

113.   The higher than expected increase pushed up interest rates on the bond market, which is highly sensitive to inflationary fears.

114.   The ministry said the better projections this year were due to an expected increase in petrochemicals and other exports.