Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 31 March 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 19.2484 19.2484 19.9091 19.9092
BRITSH POUND GBP 22.1547 22.1547 22.8791 22.8794
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.7957 16.7957 17.1617 17.1618
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2217 .2110
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 58.8861 53.7964
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 82.7907 82.7907 80.8991 80.8987
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0873 .0873 .0838 .0838
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.3352 7.1205
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3105 .3039
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .8930 .8930 .7849 .7849
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0836 .0836 .0805 .0805
SWISS FRANC CHF .0481 .0481 .0461 .0461
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4141 .4141 .3985 .3985
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2778 1.2272
DANISH KRONER DKK .3889 .3742
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2808 3.1522
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1381 .1261
GHANA CEDI GHS .6770 .6340
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.4416 4.3003
GUINEAN FRANC GNF523.9436 509.0987
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4707 .4707 .4529 .4529
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.3897 18.9393
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1912 .1912 .1815 .1815
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.7192 5.3417
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4120 7.2336
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.5282 9.5282 9.2197 9.2196
KENYAN SHILLING KES 7.9485 7.3973
KOREAN WON KRW 90.7320 88.7437
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 18.9837 18.1453
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5676 .5350
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA256.4347 236.2237
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.8996 2.8996 2.6687 2.6687
MALAWI KWACHA MWK105.5449 05.5449 100.7068 100.7062
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1037 1.0104
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 3.9677 3.9677 3.5643 3.5643
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 83.5928 79.0132
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5846 .5626
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1050 .1050 .1005 .1005
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2281 .2104
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2235 .2061
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2705 .2507
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9960 4.6281
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 90.6780 80.8195
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2299 .2124
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8355 .8176
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5696 .5485
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0773 .0773 .0744 .0744
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP277.3627 263.4646
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 1.9999 1.9999 1.8554 1.8554
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1801 .1652
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.6653 2.5802
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9069 1.8645
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS155.5164 153.1060
UGANDA SHILLING UGX230.7138 212.9742
CFA FRANC XAF 36.0765 31.7445
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 35.8592 32.8237
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.1875 1.0724
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division