31.   In February, he said, his gold sales were seven times those in February last year.

32.   Investors are also speculating the recent spate of central bank gold sales will ebb in the coming year, which may lift prices further, analysts said.

33.   Investors are also speculating the recent spate of central bank gold sales will ebb in the coming year, which may lift prices, analysts said.

34.   It also criticized the IMF for lending the proceeds of its gold sales to overindebted countries instead of paying off their debt.

35.   It also said lower uranium prices will be partially offset by higher gold sales.

36.   Last November the Swiss announced a plan to revise their outlook on holding gold and said they would consider gold sales.

37.   Lloyd said some gold stocks should have performed better than they did today because their immediate profits are protected by forward gold sales.

38.   Milling-Stanley said the Russian gold sales were reported in an International Monetary Fund document, International Financial Statistics.

39.   Miners in South Africa and Australia are also benefiting from falling currencies, which reduce their costs relative to the returns they receive from gold sales in U.S. dollars.

40.   On other markets, gold rose after the Swiss finance minister said he opposed massive gold sales.