Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 27 October 2026 as at 16:00
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 18.2354 18.2354 18.8732 18.8732
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8155 21.8155 22.5329 22.5329
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.4654 16.4654 16.8279 16.8279
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2262 .2152
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 59.9382 54.7407
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.5037 93.5037 91.4508 91.4508
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0872 .0872 .0838 .0838
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5461 7.3598
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3229 .3160
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9200 .9200 .8107 .8107
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0859 .0859 .0827 .0827
SWISS FRANC CHF .0509 .0509 .0488 .0488
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4083 .4083 .3926 .3926
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3383 1.2861
DANISH KRONER DKK .4107 .3952
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.4347 3.3009
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1428 .1285
GHANA CEDI GHS .7209 .6810
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5732 4.3975
GUINEAN FRANC GNF540.2237 523.2382
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4804 .4804 .4622 .4622
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.5437 19.0701
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1877 .1877 .1781 .1781
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9088 5.5212
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4440 7.2618
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6422 9.6422 9.3269 9.3269
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0927 7.5321
KOREAN WON KRW 80.6605 78.8923
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.4046 19.5467
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6091 .5750
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA286.8439 261.2923
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9893 2.9893 2.7217 2.7217
MALAWI KWACHA MWK107.6621 07.6621 102.7044 102.7044
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1381 1.0424
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0461 4.0461 3.6338 3.6338
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.0557 78.7971
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5709 .5489
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1079 .1079 .1031 .1031
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2465 .2281
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2280 .2102
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2988 .2781
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0285 4.6536
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.1043 84.7996
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2345 .2166
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8458 .8276
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6080 .5858
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0785 .0785 .0755 .0755
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP352.7701 338.2181
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1040 2.1040 1.9548 1.9548
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1880 .1743
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0371 2.9451
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9706 1.9264
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS159.8039 158.8789
UGANDA SHILLING UGX276.6407 255.2309
CFA FRANC XAF 36.8002 32.3742
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.9730 34.7720
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2701 1.1569
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division