Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 11 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 18.3569 18.3569 19.0027 19.0027
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.4897 21.4897 22.2069 22.2069
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.9976 15.9976 16.3601 16.3601
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2328 .2214
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.4040 56.9833
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.3624 93.3624 91.2540 91.2540
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0893 .0893 .0857 .0857
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7199 7.5427
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3197 .3125
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9240 .9240 .8080 .8080
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0878 .0878 .0845 .0845
SWISS FRANC CHF .0512 .0512 .0490 .0490
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4253 .4253 .4088 .4088
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3246 1.2711
DANISH KRONER DKK .4082 .3924
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1682 3.0365
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1431 .1306
GHANA CEDI GHS .7439 .7017
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6820 4.5507
GUINEAN FRANC GNF550.0825 535.9992
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4946 .4946 .4755 .4755
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.2624 18.7456
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1902 .1902 .1802 .1802
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.1015 5.6986
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6998 7.5074
JAPANESE YEN JPY 10.0098 10.0098 9.6774 9.6774
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.2825 7.7078
KOREAN WON KRW 88.1949 86.2337
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 21.1263 20.2309
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5924 .5577
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA278.0417 256.4165
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0567 3.0567 2.7799 2.7799
MALAWI KWACHA MWK110.8104 10.8104 105.6412 105.6412
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1070 1.0092
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1656 4.1656 3.7390 3.7390
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 86.5130 82.2733
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5996 .5764
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1074 .1074 .1028 .1028
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2395 .2207
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2345 .2164
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2912 .2700
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.3056 4.9138
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 95.8269 87.2244
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2415 .2229
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9483 .8814
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5984 .5760
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0807 .0807 .0776 .0776
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP344.3329 329.5518
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1236 2.1236 1.9697 1.9697
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1883 .1725
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0014 2.9055
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0161 1.9695
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS164.7340 163.7814
UGANDA SHILLING UGX239.4109 220.6588
CFA FRANC XAF 37.8763 33.2999
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.5213 34.2559
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2140 1.1037
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division