41.   Dealers were waiting for comments from the meeting of the EU finance ministers later in the day before an eventual official statement.

42.   Dealers were waiting for publication of the finance bill and said that the rally was the result of technical factors after two weeks of weakness in the market.

43.   Dealers were waiting for publication of US employment figures for March which were to be published on Friday.

44.   Dealers were waiting for the outcome of a monetary policy meeting between chancellor of the exchequer Kenneth Clarke and Bank of England governor Eddie George.

45.   Dealers were waiting for the publication on Friday of figures for the growth of the US economy in the third quarter.

46.   Dealers were waiting for the publication on Tuesday of figures for the US trade deficit in July.

47.   Dealers were waiting for the release next week of US employment data for August.

48.   Dealers are waiting for the debate to resurface towards the end of March with the Intergovernmental Conference on the European institutions, to be held in Turin.

49.   Dealers were waiting for a visit by US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to Japan on Friday, Parker said.

50.   Dealers were waiting for the outcome of a meeting of the central council of the Bundesbank.