Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (January 19, 2005).

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USD     1.8722/1.8727
SFR     2.2209/2.2220
YEN     191.82/191.94
NKR   11.7577/11.7733
EURO    1.4389/1.4397
CAN     2.3027/2.3038
DKR   10.7079/10.7120
SKR   12.9925/13.0065
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