Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 30 January 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 18.7515 18.7515 19.4116 19.4116
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.6558 21.6558 22.3834 22.3834
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.8414 15.8414 16.2066 16.2066
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2351 .2234
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.1581 56.7053
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 91.4424 91.4424 89.2800 89.2800
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0912 .0911 .0874 .0874
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.7455 7.5093
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3308 .3233
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9117 .9117 .8133 .8133
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0863 .0863 .0829 .0829
SWISS FRANC CHF .0491 .0491 .0469 .0469
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4425 .4425 .4253 .4253
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3029 1.2490
DANISH KRONER DKK .3994 .3835
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 2.9942 2.8647
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1437 .1312
GHANA CEDI GHS .7083 .6633
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.7092 4.5444
GUINEAN FRANC GNF555.5065 539.9035
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4971 .4971 .4776 .4776
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.7501 19.2076
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1983 .1983 .1880 .1880
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9406 5.5362
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.7088 7.5137
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7996 9.7996 9.4673 9.4673
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3452 7.7623
KOREAN WON KRW 91.2121 89.1398
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 19.7438 18.8645
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5847 .5500
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA292.2721 267.7304
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9669 2.9669 2.7211 2.7211
MALAWI KWACHA MWK111.9030 11.9030 106.6417 106.6417
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1303 1.0309
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2051 4.2051 3.7728 3.7728
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 88.9442 84.2866
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6107 .5868
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1054 .1054 .1009 .1009
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2302 .2113
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2368 .2183
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2778 .2567
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9511 4.5628
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 95.7539 87.0552
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2436 .2248
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9694 .9012
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5637 .5415
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0808 .0808 .0776 .0776
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP309.8527 279.6083
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0426 2.0426 1.8886 1.8886
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1847 .1697
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7633 2.6714
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9895 1.9428
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS163.5313 160.9824
UGANDA SHILLING UGX231.6714 212.8762
CFA FRANC XAF 38.2498 33.6153
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.5839 33.0569
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2909 1.1773
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division