Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 21 October 2025 as at 09:58
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 19.7942 19.7942 20.4598 20.4600
BRITSH POUND GBP 22.8093 22.8095 23.5393 23.5400
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 17.1214 17.1214 17.4846 17.4848
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2175 .2071
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 57.4502 52.5026
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 86.4459 86.4459 84.3557 84.3547
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0909 .0909 .0873 .0872
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.1314 6.9747
BULGARIAN LEV BGN .0982 .0962
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3139 .3073
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .8714 .8714 .7678 .7678
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0828 .0828 .0797 .0797
SWISS FRANC CHF .0468 .0468 .0448 .0448
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4192 .4192 .4038 .4038
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2331 1.1848
DANISH KRONER DKK .3783 .3641
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.8078 2.6919
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1385 .1275
GHANA CEDI GHS .6582 .5965
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.2987 4.1923
GUINEAN FRANC GNF508.1360 495.0070
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4576 .4576 .4405 .4405
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.0582 18.6485
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1951 .1951 .1857 .1857
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.2641 5.2641 4.9039 4.9039
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.1208 6.9525
JAPANESE YEN JPY 8.8794 8.8794 8.5915 8.5914
KENYAN SHILLING KES 7.7330 7.2063
KOREAN WON KRW 83.3838 81.6394
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 17.9057 17.1311
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5484 .5170
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA270.7138 246.3311
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.8000 2.8000 2.5188 2.5188
MALAWI KWACHA MWK103.5371 03.5371 98.8470 98.8459
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1135 1.0219
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 3.8910 3.8910 3.4974 3.4973
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 86.9672 82.7013
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5931 .5714
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1033 .1033 .0989 .0989
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2195 .2023
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2192 .2023
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2625 .2432
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.8509 4.4934
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 89.2450 79.6129
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2254 .2083
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .7991 .7824
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5548 .5345
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0763 .0763 .0735 .0735
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP286.6880 258.5990
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 1.9592 1.9592 1.8184 1.8184
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1764 .1626
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.4662 2.3875
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.7906 1.7528
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS144.2080 142.1587
UGANDA SHILLING UGX209.3871 192.4551
CFA FRANC XAF 35.5847 31.7823
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 34.6298 31.5861
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.3699 1.2525
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division