Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 01 September 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 18.3722 18.3722 19.0192 19.0192
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.4640 21.4640 22.1819 22.1819
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.9343 15.9343 16.2968 16.2968
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2337 .2222
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.4375 57.0010
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 95.0199 95.0199 92.8357 92.8357
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0885 .0885 .0850 .0850
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7349 7.4861
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3235 .3163
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9264 .9264 .8164 .8164
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0879 .0879 .0845 .0845
SWISS FRANC CHF .0514 .0514 .0492 .0492
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4255 .4255 .4089 .4089
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3200 1.2664
DANISH KRONER DKK .4079 .3920
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2209 3.0875
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1430 .1305
GHANA CEDI GHS .7230 .6768
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7257 4.5837
GUINEAN FRANC GNF552.2677 538.7561
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4963 .4963 .4771 .4771
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.3787 18.8644
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1928 .1928 .1827 .1827
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0953 5.6910
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6287 7.4371
JAPANESE YEN JPY 10.1036 10.1036 9.7679 9.7679
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3279 7.7500
KOREAN WON KRW 86.0664 84.1265
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.8023 19.9076
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5963 .5616
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA278.4559 258.2716
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0714 3.0714 2.7932 2.7932
MALAWI KWACHA MWK111.2506 11.2506 106.0515 106.0515
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1021 1.0041
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1822 4.1822 3.7535 3.7535
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 86.8567 82.5929
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5897 .5667
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1075 .1075 .1028 .1028
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2408 .2219
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2354 .2172
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2919 .2706
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.6109 5.2116
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 96.2076 87.5632
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2424 .2237
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8614 .8423
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6057 .5828
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0806 .0806 .0774 .0774
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP383.3554 343.1042
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1418 2.1418 1.9869 1.9869
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1888 .1730
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0472 2.9500
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9894 1.9433
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS164.7605 164.1145
UGANDA SHILLING UGX243.9392 225.0135
CFA FRANC XAF 38.0268 33.4293
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.3408 33.5778
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2357 1.1254
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division