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

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USD     1.4557/1.4561
SFR     1.6327/1.6339
YEN     136.84/136.98
NKR     9.1716/9.1785
EURO    1.0627/1.0635
CAN     1.7961/1.7975
DKR     7.9205/7.9263
SKR   11.5788/11.5936
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