Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (January 08, 2004)

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USD     1.8335/1.8342
SFR     2.2482/2.2499
YEN     194.65/194.77
NKR   12.4615/12.4704
EURO    1.4360/1.4369
CAN     2.3446/2.3467
DKR   10.6943/10.7027
SKR   13.0699/13.0918
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