Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT on Tuesday (February 24, 2004)

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USD     1.8892/1.8897
SFR     2.3441/2.3457
YEN     204.18/204.30
NKR   13.1277/13.1368
EURO    1.4891/1.4899
CAN     2.5092/2.5108
DKR   11.0953/11.1039
SKR   13.7109/13.7334
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