Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 08 May 2026 as at 09:28
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 18.9961 18.9961 19.6533 19.6533
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.9847 21.9847 22.7091 22.7091
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.2733 16.2733 16.6360 16.6360
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2289 .2176
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.5553 55.2862
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 85.7893 85.7893 83.8498 83.8498
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0859 .0859 .0825 .0825
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5707 7.3455
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3027 .2961
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9063 .9063 .8003 .8003
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0846 .0846 .0814 .0814
SWISS FRANC CHF .0484 .0484 .0463 .0463
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4217 .4217 .4055 .4055
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2839 1.2321
DANISH KRONER DKK .3944 .3792
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2706 3.1388
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1391 .1271
GHANA CEDI GHS .7048 .6630
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5842 4.4302
GUINEAN FRANC GNF540.7631 525.9077
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4852 .4852 .4666 .4666
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.1787 17.7128
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1818 .1818 .1722 .1722
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9425 5.5490
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.5349 7.3504
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6928 9.6928 9.3727 9.3727
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1330 7.5709
KOREAN WON KRW 90.3079 88.3080
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.9695 19.0989
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5737 .5400
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA264.4209 243.4479
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9896 2.9896 2.7350 2.7350
MALAWI KWACHA MWK108.9330 08.9330 103.8892 103.8892
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.0979 1.0019
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0951 4.0951 3.6770 3.6770
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.7400 80.0072
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5741 .5519
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1045 .1045 .1000 .1000
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2281 .2099
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2307 .2124
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2826 .2620
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.7314 4.3595
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.5889 84.2751
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2371 .2190
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8464 .8279
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5732 .5517
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0787 .0787 .0756 .0756
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP288.4172 275.0962
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0360 2.0360 1.8865 1.8865
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1831 .1677
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8049 2.7146
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9313 1.8874
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS159.8464 158.6048
UGANDA SHILLING UGX237.0755 218.6824
CFA FRANC XAF 37.2346 32.7477
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.0695 32.9484
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2204 1.1057
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division