Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Friday (October 28, 2005).

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USD     1.7736/1.7739
SFR     2.2734/2.2749
YEN     205.10/205.22
NKR   11.4975/11.5116
EURO    1.4708/1.4719
CAN     2.0907/2.0922
DKR   10.9739/10.9859
SKR   14.0038/14.0278
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