Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Friday (January 09, 2009).

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USD     1.5214/1.5218
SFR     1.6885/1.6908
YEN     137.28/137.39
NKR   10.5964/10.6114
EURO    1.1280/1.1284
CAN     1.8094/1.8106
DKR     8.4036/8.4086
SKR   12.0374/12.0594
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