Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 20 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 18.6234 18.6234 19.2779 19.2779
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.3506 21.3501 22.0678 22.0675
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.9222 15.9222 16.2861 16.2861
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2339 .2224
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.7780 56.3671
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 87.3670 87.3670 85.2214 85.2214
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0899 .0899 .0863 .0863
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7062 7.4726
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3270 .3196
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9108 .9108 .8021 .8021
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0867 .0867 .0833 .0833
SWISS FRANC CHF .0493 .0493 .0472 .0472
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4372 .4372 .4203 .4203
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3064 1.2525
DANISH KRONER DKK .4023 .3865
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.0205 2.8912
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1439 .1325
GHANA CEDI GHS .7003 .6595
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6853 4.5223
GUINEAN FRANC GNF552.6874 537.0838
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4950 .4950 .4758 .4758
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.8181 19.2827
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1993 .1993 .1890 .1890
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.8480 5.4481
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7444 7.5501
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.8183 9.8183 9.4876 9.4876
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3029 7.7244
KOREAN WON KRW 91.0859 89.0325
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.6562 18.7786
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5870 .5525
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA278.3535 253.4677
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0134 3.0134 2.7680 2.7680
MALAWI KWACHA MWK111.3351 11.3351 106.1212 106.1212
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1178 1.0193
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1854 4.1854 3.7560 3.7560
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.6666 81.2963
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6058 .5822
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1067 .1067 .1020 .1020
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2324 .2136
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2355 .2170
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2796 .2586
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9708 4.5852
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 95.4642 86.5155
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2424 .2237
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8485 .8295
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5752 .5529
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0804 .0804 .0772 .0772
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP291.9509 278.2434
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0133 2.0133 1.8607 1.8607
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1854 .1714
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7709 2.6795
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9796 1.9335
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS162.4002 160.1878
UGANDA SHILLING UGX233.0080 214.2932
CFA FRANC XAF 38.0557 33.4512
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.9742 33.7447
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2285 1.1181
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division