Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (October 20, 2005).

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USD     1.7696/1.7698
SFR     2.2858/2.2868
YEN     204.48/204.60
NKR   11.4897/11.5023
EURO    1.4769/1.4777
CAN     2.0846/2.0857
DKR   11.0231/11.0259
SKR   14.0074/14.0150
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