Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 08 May 2025 as at 08:54
Rates for amounts up to R 200 000
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 20.2908 20.2906 20.9591 20.9589
BRITSH POUND GBP 23.9133 23.9133 24.6548 24.6548
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 18.0898 18.0898 18.4543 18.4543
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2059 .1962
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 53.5619 49.0672
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 63.4100 63.4100 61.9327 61.9327
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0870 .0870 .0836 .0836
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 6.7441 6.5567
BULGARIAN LEV BGN .0958 .0939
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3176 .3113
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .7809 .7809 .7107 .7107
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0773 .0773 .0745 .0745
SWISS FRANC CHF .0462 .0462 .0443 .0443
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4034 .4034 .3891 .3891
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2300 1.1833
DANISH KRONER DKK .3685 .3552
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.8266 2.7163
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1298 .1186
GHANA CEDI GHS .7501 .7061
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.0410 3.9178
GUINEAN FRANC GNF480.9340 467.2082
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4334 .4334 .4176 .4176
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.2965 18.9414
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .2009 .2009 .1917 .1917
INDIAN RUPEE INR 4.8111 4.8111 4.4763 4.4763
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.1852 7.0239
JAPANESE YEN JPY 8.0291 8.0291 7.7724 7.7724
KENYAN SHILLING KES 7.3190 6.8277
KOREAN WON KRW 77.3379 75.7825
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 16.7291 16.0198
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5212 .4915
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA253.0155 234.3085
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.5932 2.5932 2.3848 2.3848
MALAWI KWACHA MWK 97.9944 97.9944 93.6530 93.6530
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1162 1.0292
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 3.6827 3.6827 3.3136 3.3136
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 89.7743 85.4002
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5793 .5590
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .0942 .0942 .0903 .0903
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2153 .1990
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2076 .1916
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2577 .2393
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.6184 4.2849
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 85.5731 75.4296
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2133 .1974
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .7857 .7702
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5399 .5209
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0724 .0724 .0698 .0698
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP265.8128 237.9662
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 1.8649 1.8649 1.7331 1.7331
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1694 .1570
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.1561 2.0872
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.6775 1.6428
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS149.2627 147.7485
UGANDA SHILLING UGX208.4600 192.4213
CFA FRANC XAF 34.4360 31.1288
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 33.8467 30.8660
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.5231 1.4130
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division