Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (January 07, 2004)

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USD     1.8181/1.8188
SFR     2.2488/2.2506
YEN     193.01/193.13
NKR   12.3665/12.3768
EURO    1.4345/1.4357
CAN     2.3393/2.3417
DKR   10.6848/10.6944
SKR   13.0447/13.0606
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