Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (March 09, 2005).

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USD     1.9254/1.9260
SFR     2.2333/2.2348
YEN     199.98/200.10
NKR   11.7905/11.8000
EURO    1.4383/1.4390
CAN     2.3171/2.3188
DKR   10.7110/10.7153
SKR   13.0183/13.0281
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