Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (February 19, 2009).

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USD     1.5492/1.5495
SFR     1.6746/1.6758
YEN     136.20/136.30
NKR   10.2391/10.2517
EURO    1.0765/1.0772
CAN     1.8656/1.8671
DKR     8.0208/8.0250
SKR   11.8342/11.8535
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