Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 20 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 18.1389 18.1389 18.7769 18.7769
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.6463 21.6463 22.3630 22.3630
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.2472 16.2472 16.6097 16.6097
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2292 .2181
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.5157 55.2437
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.9285 93.9285 91.7792 91.7792
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0888 .0888 .0852 .0852
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6234 7.4295
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3087 .3019
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9244 .9244 .8133 .8133
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0872 .0872 .0839 .0839
SWISS FRANC CHF .0512 .0512 .0491 .0491
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4144 .4144 .3984 .3984
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3434 1.2901
DANISH KRONER DKK .4129 .3972
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.3854 3.2509
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1450 .1305
GHANA CEDI GHS .7287 .6882
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6346 4.4492
GUINEAN FRANC GNF547.4790 530.2323
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4871 .4871 .4685 .4685
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.4829 18.9889
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1939 .1939 .1840 .1840
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9773 5.5814
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4726 7.2880
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7784 9.7784 9.4560 9.4560
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1953 7.6281
KOREAN WON KRW 81.6933 79.8968
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.6386 19.7644
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6134 .5790
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA288.7882 267.7953
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0227 3.0227 2.7508 2.7508
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.1080 09.1080 104.0537 104.0537
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1534 1.0561
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1004 4.1004 3.6816 3.6816
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.1839 81.0370
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5833 .5607
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1095 .1095 .1047 .1047
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2460 .2273
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2309 .2131
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2994 .2781
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.2173 4.8333
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.3547 85.9137
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2375 .2193
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9452 .8794
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6130 .5904
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0793 .0793 .0762 .0762
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP357.5078 342.6612
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1228 2.1228 1.9711 1.9711
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1901 .1745
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0652 2.9714
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0100 1.9643
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS161.9266 160.9889
UGANDA SHILLING UGX265.5842 245.3386
CFA FRANC XAF 37.2944 32.7995
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.5137 35.0482
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2786 1.1653
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division