Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (July 20, 2006).

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USD     1.8488/1.8490
SFR     2.3008/2.3021
YEN     216.04/216.16
NKR   11.6113/11.6224
EURO    1.4636/1.4639
CAN     2.0941/2.0946
DKR   10.9185/10.9223
SKR   13.5005/13.5140
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