Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (May 04, 2006).

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USD     1.8492/1.8494
SFR     2.2739/2.2752
YEN     209.77/209.89
NKR   11.3021/11.3125
EURO    1.4572/1.4576
CAN     2.0473/2.0485
DKR   10.8629/10.8724
SKR   13.5746/13.5975
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