Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (December 18, 2008).

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USD     1.4901/1.4906
SFR     1.6174/1.6186
YEN     134.02/134.12
NKR   10.2396/10.2579
EURO    1.0493/1.0499
CAN     1.7880/1.7893
DKR     7.8109/7.8204
SKR   11.5067/11.5210
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