11.   In Paris dealers were waiting for a meeting of the monetary policy council of the Bank of France on Thursday.

12.   In Paris, dealers were waiting for details of a programme of fiscal reform to be unveiled by Prime Minister Alain Juppe later on Monday.

13.   In Paris, trading was quiet as dealers waited for the various key meetings later in the week.

14.   A dealer in Paris said that dealers there were waiting for the release on Wednesday of US figures for orders for durable goods in September.

15.   All dealers were waiting for the outcome of discussions between Iraq and the United Nations before making a move.

16.   As a result, dealers should wait before any large-scale buying of the yen, said Hawkins.

17.   At the start of the week, dealers were waiting for results of the US presidential and congressional elections.

18.   Dealers were also waiting for the publication of German inflation figures for the month of May that will be published on Thursday or Friday.

19.   Dealers were also waiting for the publication of the US December producer price statistics later on Tuesday.

20.   Dealers were waiting for Juppe to address parliament later in the day as strikers held demonstrations throughout France.