The diagram illustrates how gold 
sales
 in Dubai changed over a period of 12 months.  It is observed that in the first month of 2002, gold Use synonyms
sales
 stood at 200 Use synonyms
million
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dirhams
 and rose slightly   to reach about 225 Use synonyms
million
 in February. Use synonyms
This
 was followed by another increase, Linking Words
although
 much steeper,   in March when Linking Words
sales
 were almost 125 Use synonyms
million
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dirhams
 higher than Use synonyms
February
. Change preposition
in February
However
, Linking Words
this
 upward   trend was suddenly broken and Linking Words
sales
 plummeted dramatically over the next 4 months to reach a little   over 100 Use synonyms
million
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dirhams
 in July. August Use synonyms
sales
 saw a significant rise back to January levels as figures   nearly doubled, but Use synonyms
this
 was not to Linking Words
last
 since they dropped again in September to the same level as   they were in July. October came with a small increase of about 100 Linking Words
million
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dirhams
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sales
, after which   Use synonyms
sales
 figures levelled off and remained relatively static over the Use synonyms
last
 two months of 2002.  Linking Words
Overall
, gold Linking Words
sales
 in Dubai remained relatively unchanged in 2002. Use synonyms
Besides
, they were at their highest   in March Linking Words
while
 the weakest Linking Words
sales
 figures could be observed in July and September.Use synonyms