Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 23 January 2025 as at 16:00
Rates for amounts up to R 200 000
Closing rate history for date :    
Bank Buying Bank Selling
Country Cur T/T Cheques Foreign Cheques Foreign
Notes and T/T Notes
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS RAND PER UNIT FOREIGN CURRENCY
EURO EUR 18.9969 18.9969 19.6374 19.6374
BRITSH POUND GBP 22.5078 22.5078 23.2190 23.2190
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 18.3719 18.3719 18.7369 18.7369
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2027 .1933
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 52.7914 48.3767
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 57.0205 57.0205 55.8484 55.8484
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0877 .0877 .0842 .0842
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 6.6406 6.5059
BULGARIAN LEV BGN .1023 .1003
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3236 .3172
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .7851 .7851 .7143 .7143
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0791 .0791 .0763 .0763
SWISS FRANC CHF .0499 .0499 .0480 .0480
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4001 .4001 .3861 .3861
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3250 1.2772
DANISH KRONER DKK .3931 .3795
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.7616 2.6580
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1311 .1189
GHANA CEDI GHS .8693 .8048
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 3.9789 3.8373
GUINEAN FRANC GNF472.7328 459.4677
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4276 .4276 .4122 .4122
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 21.9106 20.5546
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1970 .1970 .1881 .1881
INDIAN RUPEE INR 4.8232 4.8232 4.4931 4.4931
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6388 7.4698
JAPANESE YEN JPY 8.5525 8.5527 8.2893 8.2896
KENYAN SHILLING KES 7.2094 6.7220
KOREAN WON KRW 78.1495 76.5917
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 16.4474 15.7459
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5546 .5252
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA260.8876 243.6369
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.6160 2.6160 2.4102 2.4102
MALAWI KWACHA MWK 96.4897 96.4897 92.2404 92.2404
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1464 1.0605
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 3.6033 3.6033 3.2983 3.2983
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.9465 81.7104
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6182 .5974
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .0972 .0972 .0932 .0932
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2264 .2101
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2042 .1889
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2667 .2487
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.5266 5.1794
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 83.7148 72.1571
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2100 .1944
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .7772 .7620
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6037 .5837
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0744 .0744 .0718 .0718
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP224.7182 214.0962
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 1.9007 1.9007 1.7701 1.7701
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1780 .1655
TURKISH LIRE TRY 1.9578 1.8938
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.7843 1.7479
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS137.9913 135.2597
UGANDA SHILLING UGX206.6743 190.9067
CFA FRANC XAF 36.7921 32.6740
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 35.9032 32.9302
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.5574 1.4473
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division