21.   Dealers predicted further sharp gains on Monday, after equities futures soared in after-hours contract.

22.   Dealers predicted that the quantity of soya used to nurture farm animals would increase.

23.   Dealers predicted that zinc reserves would fall throughout the year, taking the market to the brink of a supply deficit.

24.   Dealers predicted there would not be any relaxation of German monetary policy after a meeting of the central council of the Bundesbank on Thursday.

25.   The US market fell as dealers predicted that the Federal Reserve bank would raise interest rates later this month.

26.   MacKinnon predicted that the central bank would leave its base rates unchanged, but some dealers predicted that there might be a return to variable repurchase rates.

27.   Most dealers are predicting the dollar will be trading at five rand by early next year.

28.   Most dealers predicted, however, that rates would have to be increased after the elections, whichever party is invited by the Queen to form the next government.

29.   One dealer predicted that the rand would strengthen slightly in the short term, on the back of solid two-way trading from importers.

30.   Palm oil prices continued their decline, which began two years ago, returning to levels reached last April as dealers predicted a rise in Indonesian production.