Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (March 17, 2005).

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USD     1.9246/1.9251
SFR     2.2241/2.2253
YEN     201.20/201.32
NKR   11.7021/11.7109
EURO    1.4381/1.4387
CAN     2.3127/2.3140
DKR   10.7108/10.7155
SKR   13.0822/13.0971
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