Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Thursday (January 01, 2004)

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USD     1.7880/1.7885
SFR     2.2153/2.2168
YEN     191.95/192.07
NKR   11.9242/11.9293
EURO    1.4334/1.4341
CAN     2.3196/2.3220
DKR   10.5814/10.5879
SKR   12.8450/12.8665
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