Closing of sterling rates at 1730 GMT - on Thursday (March 17, 2011).

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USD      1.6136/1.6138
EURO     1.1507/1.1511
SFR      1.4547/1.4555
YEN      127.72/127.78
NKR      9.1255/9.1352
CAN      1.5905/1.5910
DKR      8.5795/8.5875
SKR    10.3253/10.3433
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