Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 21 August 2026 as at 15:28
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	18.3901		18.3899		19.0386	19.0385
BRITSH POUND	GBP	21.4829		21.4827		22.2027	22.2025
UNITED STATES DOL	USD	15.8378		15.8377		16.2003	16.2002
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM	AED	.2351				.2235
ANGOLAN KWANZA	AOA	61.9776				56.5425
ARGENTINIAN PESO	ARS	94.5254		94.5260		92.3393	92.3399
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR	AUD	.0890		.0890		.0854	.0854
BANGLADESH TAKA	BDT	7.7536				7.5060
BRAZILLIAN REAL	BRL	.3271				.3198
BOTSWANA PULA	BWP	.9267		.9267		.8062	.8062
CANADIAN DOLLAR	CAD	.0875		.0875		.0842	.0842
SWISS FRANC	CHF	.0511		.0511		.0489	.0489
CHINESE YUAN	CNY	.4280		.4280		.4113	.4113
CZECH KRONER	CZK	1.3160				1.2621
DANISH KRONER	DKK	.4076				.3916
EGYPTIAN POUND	EGP	3.2437				3.1090
FIJI DOLLAR	FJD	.1433				.1309
GHANA CEDI	GHS	.7274				.6747
GAMBIA DALASI	GMD	4.7289				4.5983
GUINEAN FRANC	GNF	555.6012				541.4897
HONG KONG DOLLAR	HKD	.4993		.4993		.4799	.4799
HUNGARIAN FORINT	HUF	20.1663				18.6472
ISRAELI SHEKEL	ILS	.1917		.1917		.1816	.1816
INDIAN RUPEE	INR	6.1795				5.7709
ICELANDIC KRONA	ISK	7.6645				7.4709
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	10.0880		10.0881		9.7506	9.7507
KENYAN SHILLING	KES	8.3755				7.7931
KOREAN WON	KRW	87.5196				85.5473
SRI LANKA RUPEE	LKR	21.0238				20.1188
LESOTHO LOTI	LSL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM	MAD	.5951				.5590
MALAGASY ARIARY	MGA	280.0263				255.1187
MAURITIAN RUPEE	MUR	3.0591		3.0592		2.7808	2.7808
MALAWI KWACHA	MWK	111.9284		11.9291		106.6832	106.6839
MEXICAN PESO	MXN	1.1056				1.0069
MOZAMBIQUE NETICA	MZN	4.2077		4.2077		3.7759	3.7759
NAMIBIA DOLLAR	NAD	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA	NGN	87.3809				83.0782
NORWEGIAN KRONOR	NOK	.5920				.5687
NEW ZEALAND DOLLA	NZD	.1068		.1068		.1022	.1022
POLISH ZLOTY	PLN	.2400				.2210
QATAR RIYAL	QAR	.2370				.2183
ROMANIAN LEU	RON	.2917				.2702
RUSSIAN ROUBLE	RUB	5.3843				4.9870
RAWANDAN FRANC	RWF	96.7937				88.0848
SAUDI RIYALS	SAR	.2439				.2251
SEYCHELLE RUPEE	SCR	.9583				.8905
SWEDISH KRONER	SEK	.6025				.5798
SINGAPORE DOLLAR	SGD	.0808		.0808		.0777	.0777
SOUTH SUDAN POUND	SSP	385.6912				345.1479
SWAZILAND LILANGE	SZL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
THAI BAHT	THB	2.1178		2.1179		1.9626	1.9626
TUNISIAN DINAR	TND	.1890				.1731
TURKISH LIRE	TRY	3.0525				2.9548
TAIWAN DOLLAR	TWD	2.0106				1.9637
TANZANIA SHILLING	TZS	166.3681				165.4017
UGANDA SHILLING	UGX	242.4579				223.3909
CFA FRANC	XAF	38.2585				33.6284
SENEGALESE FRANC	XOF	37.4699				33.7006
ZAMBIAN KWACHA	ZMW	1.2372				1.1231

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

Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division