Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 29 October 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 18.2068 18.2071 18.8441 18.8446
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8132 21.8137 22.5302 22.5309
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.4614 16.4614 16.8239 16.8239
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2262 .2153
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.2320 55.0188
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.5264 93.5264 91.4428 91.4428
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0874 .0874 .0839 .0839
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5571 7.3645
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3255 .3184
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9217 .9216 .8120 .8120
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0858 .0858 .0826 .0826
SWISS FRANC CHF .0508 .0508 .0487 .0487
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4080 .4080 .3923 .3923
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3401 1.2878
DANISH KRONER DKK .4113 .3958
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.4325 3.2987
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1413 .1289
GHANA CEDI GHS .7223 .6824
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5743 4.3985
GUINEAN FRANC GNF540.3550 523.4815
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4807 .4807 .4624 .4624
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.4928 19.0194
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1924 .1924 .1827 .1827
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9190 5.5311
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4233 7.2416
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6416 9.6412 9.3264 9.3260
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0856 7.5280
KOREAN WON KRW 81.3423 79.5293
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.4096 19.5514
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6087 .5746
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA285.6987 260.4034
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9959 2.9959 2.7280 2.7280
MALAWI KWACHA MWK107.6883 07.6883 102.7289 102.7289
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1778 1.0812
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0470 4.0470 3.6347 3.6347
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.0761 78.8159
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5692 .5472
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1095 .1095 .1046 .1046
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2465 .2281
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2279 .2104
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2991 .2783
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0374 4.6621
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.1270 84.8198
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2345 .2166
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8447 .8265
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6049 .5828
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0785 .0785 .0755 .0755
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP352.8558 338.2985
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1022 2.1022 1.9529 1.9529
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1881 .1738
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0411 2.9490
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9797 1.9352
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS159.8423 158.9171
UGANDA SHILLING UGX273.0630 251.7252
CFA FRANC XAF 36.8091 32.3819
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.0648 34.8362
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2733 1.1602
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division