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 (Close): The dollar was in fine fettle 
 despite latest US jobs data which      
 suggested there would bj no urgent     
 interest rate rise.                    
                                        
 The German mark continued to suffer as 
 Thursday's surge in Gitmanz's jobless  
 total threatened its chance of meeting 
 the Maastricht criteria.               
                                        
 Sterling rose over a pfennig to DM 2.71
                                        
 £ Opg 97.1 1100 97.4 1400 97.3 Thu     
  0900 97.2 1200 97.2 1500 97.5 Cls     
  1000 97.3 1300 97.3  Cls 97.2 96.8    
                                        
 NY Cls (Thu* $-£ 1.6345 $-DM 1.6535    
                                        
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