Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 18 March 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 19.0742 19.0739 19.7303 19.7303
BRITSH POUND GBP 22.0974 22.0970 22.8203 22.8203
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.6775 16.6772 17.0418 17.0418
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2233 .2124
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 59.0419 53.9262
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 84.0099 84.0114 82.1465 82.1465
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0857 .0857 .0823 .0823
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.3845 7.1678
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3131 .3064
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .8955 .8955 .7891 .7891
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0829 .0829 .0798 .0798
SWISS FRANC CHF .0478 .0478 .0458 .0458
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4165 .4165 .4008 .4008
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2866 1.2357
DANISH KRONER DKK .3927 .3778
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1694 3.0443
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1376 .1257
GHANA CEDI GHS .6726 .6295
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.4721 4.3266
GUINEAN FRANC GNF527.5400 512.0293
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4738 .4739 .4559 .4559
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.9630 19.4815
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1887 .1887 .1791 .1791
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.6980 5.3189
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4573 7.2769
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.6160 9.6161 9.3041 9.3041
KENYAN SHILLING KES 7.9641 7.4153
KOREAN WON KRW 90.0859 88.0888
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 18.8859 18.0603
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5722 .5395
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA257.2956 236.9485
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.8823 2.8823 2.6505 2.6505
MALAWI KWACHA MWK106.2693 06.2712 101.3910 101.3910
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.0986 1.0049
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 3.9958 3.9959 3.5894 3.5894
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 82.3623 77.1974
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5788 .5568
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1041 .1041 .0996 .0996
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2292 .2113
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2257 .2079
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2727 .2527
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.1613 4.7877
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 91.3004 81.3685
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2315 .2139
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9331 .8691
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5648 .5437
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0774 .0774 .0745 .0745
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP279.2665 265.2544
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0103 2.0103 1.8647 1.8647
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1819 .1669
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.6752 2.5891
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9162 1.8735
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS156.8690 155.3430
UGANDA SHILLING UGX232.5972 214.7144
CFA FRANC XAF 36.3322 31.9679
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.0803 33.0217
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2162 1.1044
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division