Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 29 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 18.4448 18.4448 19.0992 19.0992
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.3246 21.3246 22.0466 22.0466
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 15.5237 15.5237 15.8865 15.8865
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2399 .2280
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 63.4302 57.8479
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.0883 93.0883 90.8271 90.8271
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0920 .0920 .0883 .0883
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.9040 7.6606
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3341 .3264
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9177 .9177 .8039 .8039
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0878 .0878 .0844 .0844
SWISS FRANC CHF .0500 .0500 .0478 .0478
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4509 .4509 .4333 .4333
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3242 1.2689
DANISH KRONER DKK .4060 .3898
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.0491 2.9161
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1460 .1332
GHANA CEDI GHS .7228 .6754
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.8056 4.6360
GUINEAN FRANC GNF566.8752 550.7821
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .5070 .5070 .4871 .4871
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 21.0865 19.5109
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .2014 .2014 .1908 .1908
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0594 5.6450
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.8144 7.6147
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.9345 9.9345 9.5938 9.5938
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.5160 7.9187
KOREAN WON KRW 92.2163 90.0817
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.1576 19.2541
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5943 .5588
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA297.1585 272.0549
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0115 3.0115 2.7602 2.7602
MALAWI KWACHA MWK114.1931 14.1931 108.7905 108.7905
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1439 1.0424
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.2915 4.2915 3.8492 3.8492
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 90.4424 84.7260
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .6201 .5956
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1072 .1072 .1025 .1025
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2338 .2145
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2416 .2227
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2825 .2609
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0431 4.6453
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 97.7146 88.8103
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2485 .2293
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8929 .8725
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5743 .5516
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0821 .0821 .0789 .0789
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP316.1939 285.2422
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0668 2.0668 1.9095 1.9095
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1884 .1739
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8187 2.7240
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 2.0216 1.9736
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS166.5213 163.9449
UGANDA SHILLING UGX236.2839 217.0396
CFA FRANC XAF 39.0326 34.2926
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 37.1967 33.5933
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.3207 1.2071
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division