Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 21 October 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 18.0775 18.0775 18.7148 18.7148
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.5735 21.5735 22.2897 22.2897
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.1944 16.1944 16.5569 16.5569
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2300 .2187
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.4674 56.1367
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 94.2965 94.2965 92.0417 92.0417
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0887 .0887 .0852 .0852
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6488 7.4541
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3102 .3034
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9275 .9275 .8169 .8169
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0876 .0876 .0843 .0843
SWISS FRANC CHF .0514 .0514 .0493 .0493
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4158 .4158 .3996 .3996
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3455 1.2922
DANISH KRONER DKK .4143 .3985
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.3887 3.2538
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1452 .1307
GHANA CEDI GHS .7311 .6903
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6498 4.4634
GUINEAN FRANC GNF549.2639 531.9232
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4886 .4886 .4699 .4699
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.6184 19.1192
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1936 .1936 .1837 .1837
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9672 5.5720
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4957 7.3100
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.8097 9.8097 9.4858 9.4858
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.2189 7.6494
KOREAN WON KRW 81.9899 80.1806
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.7152 19.8304
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6142 .5797
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA290.0385 262.1264
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0356 3.0356 2.7626 2.7626
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.4638 09.4638 104.3855 104.3855
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1571 1.0595
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1138 4.1138 3.6933 3.6933
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.4616 81.2954
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5842 .5615
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1097 .1097 .1049 .1049
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2465 .2277
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2316 .2137
ROMANIAN LEU RON .3010 .2796
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.2011 4.8163
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.6624 86.1876
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2383 .2200
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9435 .8775
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6146 .5919
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0796 .0796 .0765 .0765
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP358.6734 343.7540
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1267 2.1267 1.9745 1.9745
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1908 .1751
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0767 2.9824
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0017 1.9561
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS162.4487 161.5080
UGANDA SHILLING UGX268.3026 247.9329
CFA FRANC XAF 37.4160 32.9041
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.6442 35.1648
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2857 1.1724
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division