MKS Finance SA - Geneva Monday, 5-March-2007 Tocom once again opened limit down with gold initially getting somesupport from the physical buying interest. Japanese and Hong Kong traderswere however happy to sell the rally capping the market at $644.50. Theweaker euro currency also helped the yellow metal to come off.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Friday, 2-March-2007 Gold had rallied 14 percent since the beginning of the year, butmarket conditions have changed dramatically since the start of this week.Participants seemed to be reassessing their previously bullish forecasts ofa rally above $700 for the yellow metal.