Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 05 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 18.5700 18.5701 19.2191 19.2192
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.6776 21.6778 22.3971 22.3971
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.1767 16.1766 16.5397 16.5396
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2302 .2190
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.0383 55.7235
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 92.6070 92.6075 90.3236 90.3241
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0885 .0885 .0850 .0850
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6635 7.4729
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3160 .3090
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9174 .9174 .8006 .8006
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0876 .0876 .0842 .0842
SWISS FRANC CHF .0505 .0505 .0484 .0484
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4208 .4208 .4045 .4045
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3066 1.2540
DANISH KRONER DKK .4035 .3880
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1104 2.9813
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1417 .1293
GHANA CEDI GHS .7381 .6989
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6116 4.4922
GUINEAN FRANC GNF543.9923 530.0580
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4890 .4890 .4702 .4702
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.9070 18.4217
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1886 .1886 .1788 .1788
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0144 5.6175
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6003 7.4120
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7990 9.7992 9.4745 9.4748
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1970 7.6301
KOREAN WON KRW 88.0901 86.1015
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.9635 20.0778
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5862 .5520
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA273.1707 247.1024
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0173 3.0173 2.7455 2.7455
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.5835 09.5842 104.4940 104.4947
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1012 1.0047
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1195 4.1195 3.6984 3.6984
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.5552 81.3800
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5929 .5700
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1065 .1065 .1019 .1019
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2370 .2185
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2318 .2140
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2882 .2674
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.1422 4.7588
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.4259 85.9464
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2388 .2204
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8291 .8109
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5909 .5688
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0799 .0799 .0768 .0768
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP315.7937 301.7890
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1023 2.1024 1.9505 1.9505
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1861 .1705
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.9580 2.8640
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9986 1.9529
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS163.2359 162.2890
UGANDA SHILLING UGX237.0694 218.5650
CFA FRANC XAF 37.4570 32.9383
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.0910 33.8694
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2246 1.1079
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division