Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (December 20, 2007).

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USD     1.9819/1.9824
SFR     2.2908/2.2921
YEN     223.82/223.94
NKR   11.0796/11.0884
EURO    1.3810/1.3818
CAN     1.9762/1.9768
DKR   10.3058/10.3103
SKR   13.0414/13.0566
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