Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 26 August 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 18.2775 18.2775 18.9243 18.9242
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.3542 21.3542 22.0719 22.0721
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.7756 15.7756 16.1381 16.1381
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2360 .2244
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 63.0937 57.5882
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 96.0391 96.0391 93.8416 93.8416
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0891 .0891 .0855 .0855
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.8222 7.5721
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3270 .3196
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9305 .9305 .8030 .8030
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0886 .0886 .0852 .0852
SWISS FRANC CHF .0516 .0516 .0494 .0494
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4298 .4298 .4130 .4130
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3215 1.2674
DANISH KRONER DKK .4100 .3940
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2083 3.0739
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1440 .1314
GHANA CEDI GHS .7302 .6773
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7478 4.6257
GUINEAN FRANC GNF557.8235 544.0541
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .5011 .5011 .4816 .4816
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.1583 18.6286
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1912 .1912 .1811 .1811
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.1860 5.7756
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6795 7.4849
JAPANESE YEN JPY 10.1570 10.1570 9.8167 9.8167
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.4086 7.8231
KOREAN WON KRW 87.8260 85.8089
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 21.0453 20.1363
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5983 .5631
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA282.4615 260.4396
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0813 3.0813 2.8014 2.8014
MALAWI KWACHA MWK112.3697 12.3697 107.0944 107.0944
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1132 1.0140
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2242 4.2242 3.7904 3.7904
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 87.7304 83.4051
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5964 .5729
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1077 .1077 .1030 .1030
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2408 .2217
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2377 .2193
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2936 .2721
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.5069 5.1053
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 97.1754 88.4243
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2448 .2259
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9581 .8901
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6077 .5848
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0813 .0813 .0781 .0781
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP387.2119 346.4782
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1349 2.1349 1.9787 1.9787
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1898 .1738
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0677 2.9691
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0200 1.9728
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS167.0260 166.0599
UGANDA SHILLING UGX244.1745 225.0575
CFA FRANC XAF 38.4093 33.7580
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.6975 33.9067
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2506 1.1371
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division