Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (December 08, 2004).

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USD     1.9311/1.9315
SFR     2.2273/2.2287
YEN     201.58/201.70
NKR   11.9436/11.9519
EURO    1.4524/1.4530
CAN     2.3645/2.3661
DKR   10.7873/10.7954
SKR   13.0407/13.0521
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