Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 29 January 2026 as at 13:58
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 18.5192 18.5192 19.1760 19.1760
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.3925 21.3925 22.1166 22.1167
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.5904 15.5904 15.9546 15.9546
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2389 .2270
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 63.1588 57.6009
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 92.6901 92.6901 90.5021 90.5021
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0920 .0920 .0882 .0882
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.8702 7.6279
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3336 .3259
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9161 .9161 .8036 .8036
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0876 .0876 .0842 .0842
SWISS FRANC CHF .0498 .0498 .0476 .0476
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4491 .4491 .4315 .4315
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3181 1.2630
DANISH KRONER DKK .4044 .3882
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.0360 2.9037
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1456 .1329
GHANA CEDI GHS .7197 .6725
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7850 4.6162
GUINEAN FRANC GNF564.4499 548.4312
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .5049 .5049 .4850 .4850
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 21.0072 19.4358
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .2008 .2008 .1903 .1903
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0381 5.6255
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7842 7.5847
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.8983 9.8983 9.5589 9.5589
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.4796 7.8849
KOREAN WON KRW 92.0937 89.9667
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.0713 19.1719
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5920 .5566
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA295.9514 270.9563
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9986 2.9986 2.7484 2.7484
MALAWI KWACHA MWK113.7046 13.7046 108.3261 108.3261
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1403 1.0392
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2731 4.2731 3.8328 3.8328
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 90.0554 84.3644
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6191 .5947
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1070 .1070 .1023 .1023
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2328 .2136
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2406 .2218
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2813 .2598
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0151 4.6192
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 97.2966 88.4312
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2475 .2283
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9023 .8817
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5720 .5494
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0819 .0819 .0786 .0786
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP314.8412 284.0247
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0575 2.0575 1.9008 1.9008
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1880 .1716
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8067 2.7124
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0163 1.9684
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS165.8170 163.2371
UGANDA SHILLING UGX235.0806 215.9252
CFA FRANC XAF 38.8656 34.1463
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.0465 33.4593
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.3217 1.2112
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division