1.   This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets.

2.   The decision stipulated that gold traders must adhere to the state-set gold price, and deposit their earnings in the State Bank.

3.   Gold traders are waiting for that to happen.

4.   Gold traders in New York initially dismissed the plan, which they said sounded unlikely.

5.   Lending by the Bundesbank and other central banks may be a prelude to further sales, said Urs Frei, a gold trader at Credit Agricole Indosuez in Geneva.

6.   That report heightened concerns among gold traders and investors that central banks around the world could unleash a further wave of gold sales.

7.   The report heightens concerns among gold traders and investors that central banks around the world could unleash a further wave of bullion sales.

8.   The report heightened concerns among gold traders and investors that central banks around the world could unleash a further wave of gold sales.

9.   The Swiss comments heightened concern among gold traders that central banks around the world could unleash a wave of gold sales.