Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Friday (May 01, 2009).

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USD     1.4895/1.4898
SFR     1.6915/1.6929
YEN     148.24/148.29
NKR     9.7469/9.7618
EURO    1.1227/1.1232
CAN     1.7673/1.7687
DKR     8.3613/8.3660
SKR   11.9600/11.9847
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