Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (August 03, 2006).

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USD     1.8871/1.8875
SFR     2.3237/2.3250
YEN     217.13/217.25
NKR   11.5902/11.6015
EURO    1.4735/1.4745
CAN     2.1250/2.1259
DKR   10.9969/11.0000
SKR   13.5729/13.5864
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