Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 08 May 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 18.9346 18.9346 19.5914 19.5914
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.9177 21.9177 22.6416 22.6416
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.1699 16.1699 16.5324 16.5324
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2303 .2190
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.3703 56.0391
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 85.9668 85.9668 84.0123 84.0123
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0862 .0862 .0828 .0828
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6191 7.3915
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3027 .2960
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9070 .9070 .8009 .8009
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0855 .0855 .0822 .0822
SWISS FRANC CHF .0486 .0486 .0465 .0465
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4239 .4239 .4076 .4076
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2878 1.2353
DANISH KRONER DKK .3957 .3803
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2915 3.1585
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1398 .1277
GHANA CEDI GHS .7093 .6672
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6135 4.4579
GUINEAN FRANC GNF544.2211 529.2033
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4882 .4882 .4695 .4695
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.1399 17.6744
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1823 .1823 .1726 .1726
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9780 5.5756
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.5603 7.3729
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7356 9.7356 9.4127 9.4127
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1850 7.6184
KOREAN WON KRW 90.4661 88.4543
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.1281 19.2065
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5754 .5414
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA266.2354 245.0945
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0087 3.0087 2.7522 2.7522
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.6296 09.6296 104.5402 104.5402
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1005 1.0040
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1212 4.1212 3.7000 3.7000
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.2819 80.5086
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5741 .5517
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1049 .1049 .1003 .1003
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2289 .2104
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2322 .2136
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2816 .2607
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.7431 4.3687
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.1873 84.8032
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2387 .2204
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9415 .8754
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5738 .5522
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0790 .0790 .0760 .0760
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP290.2615 276.8201
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0442 2.0442 1.8935 1.8935
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1839 .1683
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8227 2.7315
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9389 1.8946
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS160.5514 159.6096
UGANDA SHILLING UGX238.4059 219.8713
CFA FRANC XAF 37.4727 32.9529
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.2389 33.0962
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2217 1.1069
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division