Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 20 August 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	18.5306		18.5306		19.1808	19.1808
BRITSH POUND	GBP	21.6548		21.6548		22.3766	22.3766
UNITED STATES DOL	USD	15.9621		15.9621		16.3246	16.3246
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM	AED	.2333				.2219
ANGOLAN KWANZA	AOA	61.9340				56.5290
ARGENTINIAN PESO	ARS	93.8520		93.8520		91.7281	91.7281
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR	AUD	.0888		.0888		.0853	.0853
BANGLADESH TAKA	BDT	7.6932				7.4489
BRAZILLIAN REAL	BRL	.3250				.3177
BOTSWANA PULA	BWP	.9233		.9233		.8034	.8034
CANADIAN DOLLAR	CAD	.0870		.0870		.0837	.0837
SWISS FRANC	CHF	.0506		.0506		.0484	.0484
CHINESE YUAN	CNY	.4250		.4250		.4084	.4084
CZECH KRONER	CZK	1.3066				1.2534
DANISH KRONER	DKK	.4045				.3887
EGYPTIAN POUND	EGP	3.2191				3.0860
FIJI DOLLAR	FJD	.1426				.1302
GHANA CEDI	GHS	.7217				.6695
GAMBIA DALASI	GMD	4.6924				4.5637
GUINEAN FRANC	GNF	551.3059				537.4098
HONG KONG DOLLAR	HKD	.4955		.4955		.4764	.4764
HUNGARIAN FORINT	HUF	20.0781				18.5717
ISRAELI SHEKEL	ILS	.1904		.1904		.1804	.1804
INDIAN RUPEE	INR	6.1320				5.7276
ICELANDIC KRONA	ISK	7.6273				7.4373
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	10.0024		10.0024		9.6695	9.6695
KENYAN SHILLING	KES	8.3103				7.7337
KOREAN WON	KRW	87.3612				85.4044
SRI LANKA RUPEE	LKR	20.9039				20.0085
LESOTHO LOTI	LSL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM	MAD	.5909				.5562
MALAGASY ARIARY	MGA	277.6577				255.9940
MAURITIAN RUPEE	MUR	3.0384		3.0384		2.7627	2.7627
MALAWI KWACHA	MWK	111.0568		11.0568		105.8709	105.8709
MEXICAN PESO	MXN	1.1008				1.0030
MOZAMBIQUE NETICA	MZN	4.1749		4.1749		3.7471	3.7471
NAMIBIA DOLLAR	NAD	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA	NGN	86.7054				82.4522
NORWEGIAN KRONOR	NOK	.5906				.5676
NEW ZEALAND DOLLA	NZD	.1064		.1064		.1018	.1018
POLISH ZLOTY	PLN	.2384				.2195
QATAR RIYAL	QAR	.2352				.2166
ROMANIAN LEU	RON	.2892				.2680
RUSSIAN ROUBLE	RUB	5.3911				4.9963
RAWANDAN FRANC	RWF	96.0400				87.4141
SAUDI RIYALS	SAR	.2420				.2234
SEYCHELLE RUPEE	SCR	.8697				.8503
SWEDISH KRONER	SEK	.5986				.5761
SINGAPORE DOLLAR	SGD	.0804		.0804		.0772	.0772
SOUTH SUDAN POUND	SSP	357.6284				342.5199
SWAZILAND LILANGE	SZL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
THAI BAHT	THB	2.1146		2.1146		1.9605	1.9605
TUNISIAN DINAR	TND	.1876				.1718
TURKISH LIRE	TRY	3.0270				2.9296
TAIWAN DOLLAR	TWD	1.9993				1.9531
TANZANIA SHILLING	TZS	165.0962				164.1416
UGANDA SHILLING	UGX	240.2566				221.4449
CFA FRANC	XAF	37.9605				33.3723
SENEGALESE FRANC	XOF	37.5151				33.7509
ZAMBIAN KWACHA	ZMW	1.2231				1.1079

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

Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division