Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 09 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 18.9265 18.9258 19.5829 19.5825
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8781 21.8777 22.6005 22.6005
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.4565 16.4561 16.8216 16.8216
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2264 .2153
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 59.7722 54.5727
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 86.8395 86.8417 84.2919 84.2919
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0874 .0874 .0839 .0839
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.4621 7.2407
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3171 .3101
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .8999 .8999 .8034 .8034
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0832 .0832 .0800 .0800
SWISS FRANC CHF .0479 .0479 .0458 .0458
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4240 .4240 .4079 .4079
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2942 1.2424
DANISH KRONER DKK .3957 .3805
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2378 3.1077
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1393 .1272
GHANA CEDI GHS .6757 .6260
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5332 4.3813
GUINEAN FRANC GNF534.7431 519.1539
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4790 .4790 .4607 .4607
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 21.2481 19.7454
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1918 .1918 .1820 .1820
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.7377 5.3525
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6309 7.4441
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6811 9.6815 9.3634 9.3636
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0515 7.4963
KOREAN WON KRW 90.3052 88.2967
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.1395 18.3056
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5825 .5485
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA260.9303 240.2269
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9016 2.9017 2.6662 2.6662
MALAWI KWACHA MWK107.7204 07.7230 102.7429 102.7429
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1197 1.0242
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0495 4.0496 3.6364 3.6364
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.6197 81.2051
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5923 .5697
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1040 .1041 .0996 .0996
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2313 .2131
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2288 .2107
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2750 .2548
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.8932 4.5209
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 92.5470 83.3452
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2347 .2167
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9205 .8560
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5663 .5449
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0784 .0784 .0754 .0754
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP283.0796 268.7913
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0023 2.0024 1.8549 1.8549
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1832 .1679
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.6966 2.6092
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9392 1.8954
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS157.4850 155.0332
UGANDA SHILLING UGX235.1654 215.7940
CFA FRANC XAF 36.8201 32.3863
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.3176 33.1104
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2858 1.1303
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division