Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 18 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	18.9711		18.9711		19.6271	19.6270
BRITSH POUND	GBP	21.8245		21.8245		22.5439	22.5440
UNITED STATES DOL	USD	16.3754		16.3754		16.7385	16.7386
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM	AED	.2274				.2163
ANGOLAN KWANZA	AOA	60.3323				55.0945
ARGENTINIAN PESO	ARS	85.3155		85.3155		83.1571	83.1566
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR	AUD	.0859		.0859		.0825	.0825
BANGLADESH TAKA	BDT	7.5174				7.3304
BRAZILLIAN REAL	BRL	.3060				.2993
BOTSWANA PULA	BWP	.9059		.9059		.7935	.7935
CANADIAN DOLLAR	CAD	.0846		.0846		.0814	.0814
SWISS FRANC	CHF	.0484		.0484		.0464	.0464
CHINESE YUAN	CNY	.4188		.4188		.4027	.4027
CZECH KRONER	CZK	1.2856				1.2341
DANISH KRONER	DKK	.3950				.3798
EGYPTIAN POUND	EGP	3.2856				3.1542
FIJI DOLLAR	FJD	.1390				.1270
GHANA CEDI	GHS	.7127				.6709
GAMBIA DALASI	GMD	4.5556				4.4060
GUINEAN FRANC	GNF	537.3915				521.8508
HONG KONG DOLLAR	HKD	.4823		.4823		.4639	.4639
HUNGARIAN FORINT	HUF	19.3772				17.9186
ISRAELI SHEKEL	ILS	.1796		.1796		.1701	.1701
INDIAN RUPEE	INR	6.0163				5.6242
ICELANDIC KRONA	ISK	7.5240				7.3401
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	9.7444		9.7444		9.4252	9.4251
KENYAN SHILLING	KES	8.1250				7.5515
KOREAN WON	KRW	91.2471				89.2429
SRI LANKA RUPEE	LKR	20.5168				19.6272
LESOTHO LOTI	LSL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM	MAD	.5724				.5391
MALAGASY ARIARY	MGA	263.8103				242.9728
MAURITIAN RUPEE	MUR	3.0015		3.0015		2.7320	2.7320
MALAWI KWACHA	MWK	108.2538		08.2538		103.2530	103.2524
MEXICAN PESO	MXN	1.0915				.9963
MOZAMBIQUE NETICA	MZN	4.0695		4.0695		3.6544	3.6544
NAMIBIA DOLLAR	NAD	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA	NGN	84.8224				80.7121
NORWEGIAN KRONOR	NOK	.5708				.5488
NEW ZEALAND DOLLA	NZD	.1050		.1050		.1005	.1005
POLISH ZLOTY	PLN	.2290				.2108
QATAR RIYAL	QAR	.2292				.2113
ROMANIAN LEU	RON	.2803				.2598
RUSSIAN ROUBLE	RUB	4.5632				4.1963
RAWANDAN FRANC	RWF	93.0054				84.6551
SAUDI RIYALS	SAR	.2358				.2177
SEYCHELLE RUPEE	SCR	.9323				.8672
SWEDISH KRONER	SEK	.5779				.5565
SINGAPORE DOLLAR	SGD	.0787		.0787		.0757	.0757
SOUTH SUDAN POUND	SSP	291.6265				278.3105
SWAZILAND LILANGE	SZL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
THAI BAHT	THB	2.0369		2.0368		1.8882	1.8882
TUNISIAN DINAR	TND	.1830				.1677
TURKISH LIRE	TRY	2.8003				2.7107
TAIWAN DOLLAR	TWD	1.9285				1.8849
TANZANIA SHILLING	TZS	159.1626				158.5289
UGANDA SHILLING	UGX	236.8186				218.5381
CFA FRANC	XAF	37.0025				32.5471
SENEGALESE FRANC	XOF	36.0297				32.6678
ZAMBIAN KWACHA	ZMW	1.1951				1.0819

'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.

Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division