Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 21 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	18.8077		18.8077		19.4618	19.4618
BRITSH POUND	GBP	21.7664		21.7664		22.4868	22.4868
UNITED STATES DOL	USD	16.3138		16.3138		16.6779	16.6779
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM	AED	.2282				.2171
ANGOLAN KWANZA	AOA	60.6512				55.3813
ARGENTINIAN PESO	ARS	85.5457		85.5457		83.6091	83.6091
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR	AUD	.0867		.0867		.0833	.0833
BANGLADESH TAKA	BDT	7.5423				7.3535
BRAZILLIAN REAL	BRL	.3068				.3001
BOTSWANA PULA	BWP	.9067		.9067		.8057	.8057
CANADIAN DOLLAR	CAD	.0852		.0852		.0819	.0819
SWISS FRANC	CHF	.0489		.0489		.0468	.0468
CHINESE YUAN	CNY	.4206		.4206		.4045	.4045
CZECH KRONER	CZK	1.2957				1.2434
DANISH KRONER	DKK	.3984				.3830
EGYPTIAN POUND	EGP	3.2701				3.1384
FIJI DOLLAR	FJD	.1399				.1278
GHANA CEDI	GHS	.7215				.6829
GAMBIA DALASI	GMD	4.5728				4.4250
GUINEAN FRANC	GNF	539.4206				523.6271
HONG KONG DOLLAR	HKD	.4843		.4843		.4658	.4658
HUNGARIAN FORINT	HUF	19.5264				18.0520
ISRAELI SHEKEL	ILS	.1811		.1811		.1714	.1714
INDIAN RUPEE	INR	6.0302				5.6359
ICELANDIC KRONA	ISK	7.5892				7.4027
JAPANESE YEN	JPY	9.8122		9.8122		9.4894	9.4894
KENYAN SHILLING	KES	8.1520				7.5812
KOREAN WON	KRW	92.5111				90.3586
SRI LANKA RUPEE	LKR	21.3604				20.1782
LESOTHO LOTI	LSL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM	MAD	.5770				.5433
MALAGASY ARIARY	MGA	265.2969				244.3353
MAURITIAN RUPEE	MUR	3.0146		3.0146		2.7438	2.7438
MALAWI KWACHA	MWK	108.6626		08.6626		103.6282	103.6282
MEXICAN PESO	MXN	1.0996				1.0038
MOZAMBIQUE NETICA	MZN	4.0849		4.0849		3.6677	3.6677
NAMIBIA DOLLAR	NAD	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA	NGN	85.1426				81.0054
NORWEGIAN KRONOR	NOK	.5717				.5495
NEW ZEALAND DOLLA	NZD	.1058		.1058		.1012	.1012
POLISH ZLOTY	PLN	.2312				.2129
QATAR RIYAL	QAR	.2298				.2121
ROMANIAN LEU	RON	.2846				.2638
RUSSIAN ROUBLE	RUB	4.5061				4.1385
RAWANDAN FRANC	RWF	93.3565				84.9627
SAUDI RIYALS	SAR	.2365				.2184
SEYCHELLE RUPEE	SCR	.9425				.8769
SWEDISH KRONER	SEK	.5792				.5576
SINGAPORE DOLLAR	SGD	.0791		.0791		.0761	.0761
SOUTH SUDAN POUND	SSP	292.7276				279.3217
SWAZILAND LILANGE	SZL	1.0000		1.0000		1.0000	1.0000
THAI BAHT	THB	2.0553		2.0553		1.9055	1.9055
TUNISIAN DINAR	TND	.1843				.1689
TURKISH LIRE	TRY	2.8205				2.7296
TAIWAN DOLLAR	TWD	1.9364				1.8923
TANZANIA SHILLING	TZS	160.9696				160.0204
UGANDA SHILLING	UGX	238.4484				220.0517
CFA FRANC	XAF	37.1422				32.6654
SENEGALESE FRANC	XOF	36.3367				32.9514
ZAMBIAN KWACHA	ZMW	1.2006				1.0903

'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.

Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division