Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (December 14, 2005).

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USD     1.7722/1.7724
SFR     2.2708/2.2721
YEN     207.43/207.55
NKR   11.7035/11.7128
EURO    1.4737/1.4741
CAN     2.0387/2.0409
DKR   10.9824/10.9884
SKR   13.9009/13.9074
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