Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (December 22, 2005).

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USD     1.7389/1.7392
SFR     2.2796/2.2805
YEN     202.63/202.75
NKR   11.7859/11.7966
EURO    1.4638/1.4645
CAN     2.0274/2.0281
DKR   10.9170/10.9259
SKR   13.8432/13.8630
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