Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Wednesday (March 01, 2006).

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USD     1.7476/1.7479
SFR     2.2987/2.2997
YEN     202.74/202.86
NKR   11.7427/11.7541
EURO    1.4675/1.4684
CAN     1.9842/1.9850
DKR   10.9465/10.9560
SKR   13.8647/13.8696
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