Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (March 24, 2005).

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USD     1.8703/1.8707
SFR     2.2415/2.2428
YEN     198.72/198.84
NKR   11.8288/11.8375
EURO    1.4424/1.4432
CAN     2.2737/2.2752
DKR   10.7396/10.7554
SKR   13.1455/13.1602
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