Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 02 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 18.5771 18.5771 19.2329 19.2329
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.2720 21.2723 21.9903 21.9906
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.9738 15.9738 16.3403 16.3403
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2332 .2216
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.7718 56.3637
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 88.2742 88.2742 85.9791 85.9791
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0895 .0895 .0859 .0859
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6813 7.4478
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3256 .3183
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9117 .9117 .8068 .8068
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0864 .0864 .0830 .0830
SWISS FRANC CHF .0493 .0493 .0471 .0471
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4356 .4356 .4187 .4187
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3118 1.2581
DANISH KRONER DKK .4032 .3874
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1128 2.9814
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1452 .1307
GHANA CEDI GHS .6899 .6414
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6701 4.5134
GUINEAN FRANC GNF550.9021 534.9351
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4939 .4939 .4746 .4746
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.9618 19.4274
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1964 .1964 .1862 .1862
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.8744 5.4742
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7025 7.5085
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.9212 9.9212 9.5882 9.5882
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.2886 7.7049
KOREAN WON KRW 91.5510 89.4232
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.5771 18.7108
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5885 .5539
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA268.5648 248.5878
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0099 3.0099 2.7649 2.7649
MALAWI KWACHA MWK110.9678 10.9678 105.7608 105.7608
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1238 1.0253
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1718 4.1718 3.7435 3.7435
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 86.0159 81.6386
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6040 .5804
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1066 .1066 .1020 .1020
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2339 .2151
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2357 .2169
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2803 .2593
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9788 4.5927
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 95.3436 85.8001
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2418 .2230
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8895 .8695
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5767 .5544
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0805 .0805 .0773 .0773
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP291.0078 277.3205
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0259 2.0259 1.8734 1.8734
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1864 .1708
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7695 2.6780
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9763 1.9301
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS160.3338 157.7941
UGANDA SHILLING UGX235.0724 215.1123
CFA FRANC XAF 37.9327 33.3403
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.7539 33.4859
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2408 1.1296
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division