Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 17 July 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 18.5924 18.5924 19.2392 19.2392
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8884 21.8884 22.6089 22.6089
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.3582 16.3582 16.7207 16.7207
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2277 .2166
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.0181 55.7447
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 90.4180 90.4180 88.3291 88.3291
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0884 .0885 .0849 .0849
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5620 7.3472
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3134 .3065
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9135 .9135 .8048 .8048
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0863 .0863 .0831 .0831
SWISS FRANC CHF .0499 .0499 .0478 .0478
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4179 .4179 .4019 .4019
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3075 1.2553
DANISH KRONER DKK .4030 .3877
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.1209 2.9931
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1430 .1288
GHANA CEDI GHS .7214 .6812
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.5604 4.4286
GUINEAN FRANC GNF537.9565 523.1838
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4833 .4833 .4649 .4649
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.9625 18.4795
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1890 .1890 .1793 .1793
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0187 5.6263
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6768 7.4890
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.9820 9.9820 9.6572 9.6572
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0999 7.5416
KOREAN WON KRW 90.8350 88.8086
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.7676 19.8933
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5818 .5481
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA269.7118 244.8462
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9961 2.9961 2.7266 2.7266
MALAWI KWACHA MWK108.3677 08.3677 103.3629 103.3629
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1079 1.0123
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0738 4.0738 3.6583 3.6583
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.6059 80.4990
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5949 .5723
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1059 .1059 .1013 .1013
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2390 .2206
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2295 .2116
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2875 .2669
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.9380 4.5627
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.4088 85.0443
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2362 .2181
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9262 .8613
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5948 .5729
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0796 .0796 .0766 .0766
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP300.0941 286.5610
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1094 2.1094 1.9592 1.9592
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1857 .1712
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.9002 2.8086
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9807 1.9360
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS160.5374 159.3040
UGANDA SHILLING UGX232.9107 214.7039
CFA FRANC XAF 37.0414 32.5818
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.2749 33.3491
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.1540 1.0438
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division