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Currencies

Symbol	Name	Last price	Change	% change
GBPUSD=X	GBP/USD	1.2428	-0.0019	-0.15%
GBPEUR=X	GBP/EUR	1.1703	-0.0007	-0.06%
EURUSD=X	EUR/USD	1.0621	-0.0005	-0.04%
GBPJPY=X	GBP/JPY	192.2790	+0.3870	+0.20%
JPY=X	USD/JPY	154.7120	+0.4950	+0.32%
GBP=X	USD/GBP	0.8047	+0.0012	+0.15%
GBPAUD=X	GBP/AUD	1.9404	+0.0093	+0.48%
GBPBRL=X	GBP/BRL	6.5408	+0.0851	+1.32%
GBPCAD=X	GBP/CAD	1.7181	+0.0024	+0.14%
GBPCHF=X	GBP/CHF	1.1350	+0.0006	+0.05%
GBPCNY=X	GBP/CNY	8.9963	-0.0102	-0.11%
GBPINR=X	GBP/INR	103.9467	+0.0909	+0.09%
GBPNOK=X	GBP/NOK	13.6600	+0.0417	+0.31%
GBPQAR=X	GBP/QAR	4.5299	+0.0004	+0.01%
GBPZAR=X	GBP/ZAR	23.6556	+0.0728	+0.31%
EURCHF=X	EUR/CHF	0.9697	+0.0012	+0.12%
EURCAD=X	EUR/CAD	1.4679	+0.0035	+0.24%
EURJPY=X	EUR/JPY	164.2810	+0.4230	+0.26%
EURSEK=X	EUR/SEK	11.6401	+0.0752	+0.65%
EURHUF=X	EUR/HUF	395.4000	+1.8100	+0.46%
CAD=X	USD/CAD	1.3825	+0.0038	+0.28%
USDHKD=X	USD/HKD	7.8319	+0.0034	+0.04%
USDSGD=X	USD/SGD	1.3648	+0.0028	+0.20%
INR=X	USD/INR	83.6160	+0.1520	+0.18%
USDMXN=X	USD/MXN	16.9906	+0.2896	+1.73%
EURJPY=X	EUR/JPY	164.2810	+0.4230	+0.26%
CNY=X	USD/CNY	7.2383	+0.0010	+0.01%
CHF=X	USD/CHF	0.9133	+0.0018	+0.20%