Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 22 May 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 18.7440 18.7440 19.3997 19.3997
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.7227 21.7227 22.4466 22.4466
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.2501 16.2501 16.6162 16.6162
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2291 .2179
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.7780 55.4816
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 85.4137 85.4137 83.4898 83.4898
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0871 .0871 .0836 .0836
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5718 7.3805
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3083 .3015
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9103 .9103 .8076 .8076
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0856 .0856 .0823 .0823
SWISS FRANC CHF .0489 .0489 .0468 .0468
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4218 .4218 .4055 .4055
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2998 1.2473
DANISH KRONER DKK .3996 .3841
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2860 3.1529
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1405 .1283
GHANA CEDI GHS .7305 .6879
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5897 4.4402
GUINEAN FRANC GNF541.5351 525.3307
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4863 .4863 .4675 .4675
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.5567 18.0811
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1808 .1808 .1711 .1711
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0224 5.6261
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6252 7.4354
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.8472 9.8472 9.5214 9.5214
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1840 7.6153
KOREAN WON KRW 93.2926 91.2018
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.6442 19.5309
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5793 .5454
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA266.2975 245.1968
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0295 3.0295 2.7569 2.7569
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.0886 09.0886 104.0130 104.0130
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1027 1.0063
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1009 4.1009 3.6813 3.6813
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.4764 81.3062
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5749 .5524
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1063 .1063 .1016 .1016
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2316 .2132
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2307 .2127
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2857 .2648
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.5320 4.1631
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.7225 85.2782
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2375 .2192
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8522 .8334
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5806 .5588
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0794 .0794 .0763 .0763
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP308.2135 280.3589
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0623 2.0623 1.9116 1.9116
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1849 .1694
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8285 2.7393
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9372 1.8927
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS161.8980 160.6211
UGANDA SHILLING UGX239.9985 221.4706
CFA FRANC XAF 37.2878 32.7867
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.4613 33.2110
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2028 1.0923
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division