Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 18 February 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 18.6730 18.6730 19.3292 19.3292
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.4226 21.4226 22.1424 22.1424
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.8812 15.8812 16.2452 16.2452
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2345 .2229
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.9375 56.5090
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 88.5371 88.5371 86.4825 86.4825
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0900 .0900 .0864 .0864
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7261 7.4914
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3289 .3215
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9119 .9119 .8041 .8041
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0867 .0867 .0834 .0834
SWISS FRANC CHF .0491 .0491 .0470 .0470
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4372 .4372 .4202 .4202
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3038 1.2500
DANISH KRONER DKK .4012 .3854
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.9924 2.8638
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1432 .1308
GHANA CEDI GHS .7096 .6660
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6974 4.5306
GUINEAN FRANC GNF554.1143 538.4360
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4961 .4961 .4768 .4768
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.6779 19.1447
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1983 .1983 .1880 .1880
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.8473 5.4463
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7241 7.5303
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7448 9.7448 9.4150 9.4150
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3243 7.7438
KOREAN WON KRW 91.1334 89.0708
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.6975 18.8259
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5873 .5524
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA281.2760 255.3370
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9954 2.9954 2.7497 2.7497
MALAWI KWACHA MWK111.6225 11.6225 106.3883 106.3883
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1169 1.0181
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1962 4.1962 3.7654 3.7654
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.2580 80.7008
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6029 .5793
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1062 .1062 .1016 .1016
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2315 .2126
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2371 .2181
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2787 .2577
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9759 4.5883
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 95.7107 86.7333
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2429 .2242
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8671 .8476
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5706 .5484
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0803 .0803 .0772 .0772
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP292.7046 278.9439
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0238 2.0238 1.8706 1.8706
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1859 .1698
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7725 2.6809
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9813 1.9350
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS163.7487 161.8405
UGANDA SHILLING UGX232.3502 213.6016
CFA FRANC XAF 38.1539 33.5354
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.7472 33.4326
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2222 1.1118
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division