Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (January 26, 2005).

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USD     1.8806/1.8811
SFR     2.2262/2.2277
YEN     193.86/193.98
NKR   11.8719/11.8845
EURO    1.4385/1.4393
CAN     2.3155/2.3171
DKR   10.7079/10.7127
SKR   13.0601/13.0700
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