Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (October 07, 2004)

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USD     1.7814/1.7817
SFR     2.2522/2.2534
YEN     198.02/198.14
NKR   12.0021/12.0131
EURO    1.4497/1.4503
CAN     2.2442/2.2454
DKR   10.7877/10.7913
SKR   13.1085/13.1160
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