Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (May 08, 2008).

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USD     1.9546/1.9550
SFR     2.0532/2.0544
YEN     203.08/203.20
NKR     9.9857/10.000
EURO    1.2682/1.2687
CAN     1.9849/1.9855
DKR     9.4651/9.4690
SKR   11.7903/11.7974
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