Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 17 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	18.4641		18.4639		19.1119	19.1119
BRITSH POUND	GBP	21.6072		21.6074		22.3267	22.3269
UNITED STATES DOL	USD	16.0223		16.0223		16.3848	16.3848
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM	AED	.2324				.2210
ANGOLAN KWANZA	AOA	61.8692				56.4808
ARGENTINIAN PESO	ARS	92.8752		92.8752		90.7808	90.7808
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR	AUD	.0885		.0885		.0850	.0850
BANGLADESH TAKA	BDT	7.6893				7.4581
BRAZILLIAN REAL	BRL	.3251				.3179
BOTSWANA PULA	BWP	.9224		.9224		.8079	.8079
CANADIAN DOLLAR	CAD	.0872		.0872		.0839	.0839
SWISS FRANC	CHF	.0510		.0510		.0488	.0488
CHINESE YUAN	CNY	.4244		.4244		.4079	.4079
CZECH KRONER	CZK	1.3150				1.2618
DANISH KRONER	DKK	.4059				.3902
EGYPTIAN POUND	EGP	3.1595				3.0282
FIJI DOLLAR	FJD	.1424				.1300
GHANA CEDI	GHS	.7096				.6610
GAMBIA DALASI	GMD	4.6747				4.5438
GUINEAN FRANC	GNF	549.2345				535.1912
HONG KONG DOLLAR	HKD	.4938		.4938		.4748	.4748
HUNGARIAN FORINT	HUF	20.0645				18.5593
ISRAELI SHEKEL	ILS	.1877		.1877		.1778	.1778
INDIAN RUPEE	INR	6.1026				5.7003
ICELANDIC KRONA	ISK	7.6661				7.4747
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	10.0001		10.0001		9.6684	9.6684
KENYAN SHILLING	KES	8.2884				7.7145
KOREAN WON	KRW	88.2843				86.2490
SRI LANKA RUPEE	LKR	20.9439				20.0509
LESOTHO LOTI	LSL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM	MAD	.5908				.5562
MALAGASY ARIARY	MGA	276.9265				254.9314
MAURITIAN RUPEE	MUR	3.0439		3.0439		2.7690	2.7690
MALAWI KWACHA	MWK	110.6395		10.6395		105.4819	105.4819
MEXICAN PESO	MXN	1.1004				1.0029
MOZAMBIQUE NETICA	MZN	4.1592		4.1592		3.7333	3.7333
NAMIBIA DOLLAR	NAD	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA	NGN	86.3796				82.1493
NORWEGIAN KRONOR	NOK	.5925				.5695
NEW ZEALAND DOLLA	NZD	.1067		.1067		.1020	.1020
POLISH ZLOTY	PLN	.2388				.2200
QATAR RIYAL	QAR	.2341				.2160
ROMANIAN LEU	RON	.2901				.2687
RUSSIAN ROUBLE	RUB	5.4447				5.0511
RAWANDAN FRANC	RWF	95.6791				87.0929
SAUDI RIYALS	SAR	.2411				.2225
SEYCHELLE RUPEE	SCR	.8552				.8363
SWEDISH KRONER	SEK	.5967				.5744
SINGAPORE DOLLAR	SGD	.0804		.0804		.0772	.0772
SOUTH SUDAN POUND	SSP	356.2847				341.2614
SWAZILAND LILANGE	SZL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
THAI BAHT	THB	2.1160		2.1160		1.9625	1.9625
TUNISIAN DINAR	TND	.1878				.1721
TURKISH LIRE	TRY	3.0071				2.9110
TAIWAN DOLLAR	TWD	1.9878				1.9420
TANZANIA SHILLING	TZS	164.4828				163.5318
UGANDA SHILLING	UGX	239.1667				220.3262
CFA FRANC	XAF	37.8179				33.2497
SENEGALESE FRANC	XOF	37.3099				33.5799
ZAMBIAN KWACHA	ZMW	1.2231				1.1070

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

Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division