Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (January 21, 2004)

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USD     1.8311/1.8321
SFR     2.2686/2.2701
YEN     195.55/195.67
NKR   12.3969/12.4058
EURO    1.4474/1.4484
CAN     2.3772/2.3796
DKR   10.7811/10.7860
SKR   13.1700/13.1772
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