Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 08 January 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 18.9524 18.9521 19.6076 19.6076
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8270 21.8263 22.5464 22.5464
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.3541 16.3538 16.7169 16.7169
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2277 .2167
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.2724 55.0341
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 89.4623 89.4639 87.4519 87.4519
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0923 .0923 .0885 .0885
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5027 7.2801
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3295 .3223
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .8990 .8990 .7934 .7934
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0855 .0855 .0822 .0822
SWISS FRANC CHF .0493 .0493 .0472 .0472
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4306 .4306 .4143 .4143
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2847 1.2329
DANISH KRONER DKK .3953 .3801
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.9190 2.7964
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1432 .1318
GHANA CEDI GHS .6738 .6269
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5615 4.3758
GUINEAN FRANC GNF538.5194 520.8502
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4805 .4805 .4621 .4621
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.7177 19.2308
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1969 .1969 .1869 .1869
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.6314 5.2468
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7307 7.5416
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6511 9.6512 9.3334 9.3334
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0824 7.5223
KOREAN WON KRW 88.8913 86.9313
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.1188 18.2767
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5753 .5418
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA293.1986 267.2744
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9430 2.9430 2.7056 2.7056
MALAWI KWACHA MWK108.3948 08.3968 103.3864 103.3864
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1367 1.0404
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0736 4.0737 3.6580 3.6580
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 87.9902 83.5083
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6232 .5999
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1077 .1077 .1030 .1030
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2277 .2095
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2294 .2117
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2742 .2538
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0352 4.6584
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 92.7596 84.4056
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2359 .2178
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8571 .8385
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5695 .5480
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0793 .0793 .0762 .0762
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP300.1186 271.0519
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 1.9818 1.9818 1.8341 1.8341
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1832 .1676
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.6531 2.5668
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9305 1.8868
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS153.3093 151.4675
UGANDA SHILLING UGX226.7321 208.6511
CFA FRANC XAF 37.1680 32.7501
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.1445 32.8285
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2631 1.1499
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division