Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 28 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 18.3379 18.3379 18.9849 18.9849
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.4096 21.4094 22.1278 22.1278
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.8469 15.8469 16.2094 16.2094
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2350 .2234
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.3471 56.8954
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 95.4808 95.4808 93.2746 93.2746
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0885 .0885 .0849 .0849
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.8091 7.5759
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3273 .3200
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9261 .9261 .8058 .8058
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0882 .0882 .0848 .0848
SWISS FRANC CHF .0513 .0513 .0491 .0491
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4278 .4278 .4111 .4111
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3210 1.2670
DANISH KRONER DKK .4086 .3927
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2027 3.0690
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1432 .1308
GHANA CEDI GHS .7270 .6805
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7517 4.6115
GUINEAN FRANC GNF555.3137 541.6610
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4989 .4989 .4796 .4796
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.3327 18.8082
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1906 .1906 .1805 .1805
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.1559 5.7481
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6323 7.4396
JAPANESE YEN JPY 10.1297 10.1296 9.7915 9.7915
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3688 7.7868
KOREAN WON KRW 86.7146 84.7608
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.9233 20.0149
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5963 .5612
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA281.0013 257.7517
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0744 3.0744 2.7959 2.7959
MALAWI KWACHA MWK111.8642 11.8642 106.6233 106.6233
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1089 1.0103
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2052 4.2052 3.7737 3.7737
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 87.3357 83.0382
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5938 .5705
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1073 .1073 .1026 .1026
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2420 .2229
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2367 .2184
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2926 .2712
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.5719 5.1706
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 96.7382 88.0353
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2437 .2249
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8631 .8437
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6059 .5829
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0809 .0809 .0778 .0778
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP385.4697 344.9542
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1323 2.1323 1.9766 1.9766
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1892 .1732
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0621 2.9642
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9950 1.9486
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS165.9710 165.3212
UGANDA SHILLING UGX244.8428 225.4864
CFA FRANC XAF 38.2365 33.6095
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.5468 33.7588
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2484 1.1318
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division