Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (March 31, 2005).

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USD     1.8888/1.8893
SFR     2.2574/2.2583
YEN     202.51/202.63
NKR   11.9745/11.9808
EURO    1.4559/1.4566
CAN     2.2839/2.2846
DKR   10.8417/10.8549
SKR   13.3315/13.3490
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