Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Thursday (February 05, 2004)

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USD     1.8394/1.8400
SFR     2.2867/2.2890
YEN     194.07/194.19
NKR   12.7870/12.7966
EURO    1.4581/1.4589
CAN     2.4512/2.4538
DKR   10.8633/10.8687
SKR   13.4111/13.4265
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