Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 05 August 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 18.5358 18.5345 19.1839 19.1829
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.6398 21.6381 22.3580 22.3567
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.1531 16.1522 16.5156 16.5149
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2305 .2193
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.1275 55.8048
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 92.6184 92.6236 90.3948 90.3987
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0886 .0886 .0850 .0850
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6747 7.4838
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3165 .3095
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9174 .9175 .7996 .7996
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0877 .0877 .0843 .0843
SWISS FRANC CHF .0506 .0506 .0484 .0484
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4214 .4214 .4051 .4051
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3090 1.2563
DANISH KRONER DKK .4043 .3887
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1144 2.9851
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1418 .1294
GHANA CEDI GHS .7392 .6999
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6183 4.4988
GUINEAN FRANC GNF544.7871 530.8315
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4897 .4897 .4709 .4709
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.9194 18.4323
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1889 .1889 .1790 .1791
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0231 5.6257
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6139 7.4258
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.8086 9.8093 9.4839 9.4842
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.2090 7.6413
KOREAN WON KRW 88.2225 86.2689
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.9941 20.1071
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5872 .5530
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA273.6936 247.5841
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0217 3.0219 2.7495 2.7496
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.7436 09.7498 104.6465 104.6510
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1022 1.0055
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1255 4.1258 3.7038 3.7039
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.6801 81.4987
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5941 .5712
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1065 .1065 .1019 .1019
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2375 .2189
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2322 .2143
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2888 .2679
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.1497 4.7658
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.5638 86.0718
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2392 .2208
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9354 .8694
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5916 .5696
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0800 .0800 .0769 .0769
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP316.2551 302.2294
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1050 2.1050 1.9529 1.9530
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1864 .1708
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.9624 2.8682
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0016 1.9558
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS163.4717 162.5285
UGANDA SHILLING UGX237.4157 218.8840
CFA FRANC XAF 37.5117 32.9864
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.1594 33.9322
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2263 1.1096
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division