Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (January 01, 2009).

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USD     1.4613/1.4616
SFR     1.5618/1.5626
YEN     132.88/132.99
NKR   10.1750/10.1786
EURO    1.0435/1.0442
CAN     1.7775/1.7786
DKR     7.7835/7.7918
SKR   11.4158/11.4446
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