Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 16 February 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 18.5823 18.5823 19.2383 19.2381
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.3877 21.3877 22.1091 22.1090
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.7696 15.7696 16.1338 16.1337
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2362 .2245
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.3715 56.8946
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 88.7453 88.7453 86.7007 86.7013
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0904 .0904 .0867 .0867
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7592 7.5785
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3313 .3238
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9133 .9133 .8042 .8042
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0872 .0872 .0838 .0838
SWISS FRANC CHF .0494 .0494 .0472 .0472
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4403 .4403 .4232 .4232
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3102 1.2561
DANISH KRONER DKK .4032 .3872
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.9990 2.8689
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1440 .1315
GHANA CEDI GHS .7147 .6703
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7303 4.5677
GUINEAN FRANC GNF558.0357 542.6496
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4996 .4996 .4801 .4801
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.7456 19.1945
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1988 .1988 .1884 .1884
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.8936 5.4887
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7680 7.5705
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7820 9.7820 9.4489 9.4490
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3820 7.7961
KOREAN WON KRW 91.4510 89.3645
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.8337 18.9435
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5905 .5554
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA283.9007 263.3602
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0106 3.0106 2.7629 2.7629
MALAWI KWACHA MWK112.4125 12.4125 107.1229 107.1236
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1260 1.0264
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2259 4.2259 3.7914 3.7914
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 87.1297 82.6836
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6075 .5837
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1062 .1062 .1015 .1015
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2323 .2133
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2388 .2197
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2802 .2589
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0109 4.6197
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 96.3880 87.3322
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2447 .2257
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8621 .8426
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5723 .5499
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0807 .0807 .0775 .0776
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP294.7760 280.8700
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0278 2.0278 1.8735 1.8735
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1865 .1716
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7889 2.6962
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9907 1.9438
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS165.5214 163.2840
UGANDA SHILLING UGX231.6482 212.7831
CFA FRANC XAF 38.4239 33.7670
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.9648 33.6220
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.1977 1.0873
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division