Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 16 October 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 18.1738 18.1738 18.8126 18.8126
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.5868 21.5868 22.3019 22.3019
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.2513 16.2513 16.6138 16.6138
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2292 .2180
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 62.3202 56.9592
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.1356 93.1356 91.0644 91.0644
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0893 .0893 .0857 .0857
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6043 7.3661
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3126 .3058
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9241 .9241 .8088 .8088
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0878 .0878 .0845 .0845
SWISS FRANC CHF .0512 .0512 .0490 .0490
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4149 .4149 .3988 .3988
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3417 1.2886
DANISH KRONER DKK .4121 .3965
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.3199 3.1869
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1456 .1310
GHANA CEDI GHS .7304 .6880
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6335 4.4481
GUINEAN FRANC GNF541.4951 529.3792
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4869 .4869 .4683 .4683
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.3707 18.8819
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1936 .1936 .1837 .1837
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9766 5.5825
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4590 7.2742
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7693 9.7693 9.4471 9.4471
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1895 7.6224
KOREAN WON KRW 82.0007 80.1961
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.6027 19.7294
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6093 .5748
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA289.3922 267.8496
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0207 3.0207 2.7489 2.7489
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.0805 09.0805 104.0280 104.0280
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1531 1.0558
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1006 4.1006 3.6819 3.6819
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.1624 81.0170
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5865 .5639
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1100 .1100 .1051 .1051
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2457 .2270
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2308 .2130
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2989 .2779
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.2842 4.8996
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.3309 85.8925
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2376 .2194
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9399 .8743
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6142 .5915
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0794 .0794 .0763 .0763
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP363.5709 342.5767
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1100 2.1100 1.9587 1.9587
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1899 .1743
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0613 2.9676
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9955 1.9502
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS161.2776 160.3403
UGANDA SHILLING UGX261.8252 242.2685
CFA FRANC XAF 37.2850 32.7914
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.4418 34.9794
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2735 1.1633
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division