Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Tuesday (May 19, 2009).

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USD     1.5501/1.5503
SFR     1.7202/1.7211
YEN     148.90/148.95
NKR     9.9656/9.9722
EURO    1.1365/1.1369
CAN     1.7912/1.7928
DKR     8.4606/8.4684
SKR   11.8929/11.9045
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