Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 09 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 18.1977 18.1977 18.8362 18.8362
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.5205 21.5205 22.2331 22.2331
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.3625 16.3625 16.7253 16.7253
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2276 .2165
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.5913 55.3389
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 92.7415 92.7415 90.6595 90.6595
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0885 .0885 .0849 .0849
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5477 7.3601
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3050 .2984
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9217 .9217 .8035 .8035
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0879 .0879 .0846 .0846
SWISS FRANC CHF .0514 .0514 .0492 .0492
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4126 .4126 .3967 .3967
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3429 1.2902
DANISH KRONER DKK .4116 .3960
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2314 3.1011
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1425 .1299
GHANA CEDI GHS .7352 .6942
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6020 4.4125
GUINEAN FRANC GNF537.8151 525.8501
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4837 .4837 .4652 .4652
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.5042 19.0167
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1902 .1902 .1804 .1804
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0446 5.6516
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4706 7.2873
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7326 9.7326 9.4132 9.4132
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1253 7.5634
KOREAN WON KRW 82.0600 80.1655
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.4290 19.5650
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6112 .5769
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA284.5531 263.2539
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0142 3.0142 2.7443 2.7443
MALAWI KWACHA MWK108.3392 08.3392 103.3345 103.3345
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1452 1.0488
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0727 4.0727 3.6573 3.6573
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.5837 80.4769
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5904 .5678
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1103 .1103 .1054 .1054
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2464 .2279
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2293 .2112
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2991 .2781
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.3211 4.9384
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.6898 85.3198
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2361 .2180
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9309 .8659
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6159 .5934
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0790 .0790 .0759 .0759
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP367.2116 343.2823
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1029 2.1029 1.9526 1.9526
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1894 .1739
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0292 2.9368
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9532 1.9091
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS160.4957 159.5619
UGANDA SHILLING UGX256.3789 237.0660
CFA FRANC XAF 37.0316 32.5728
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.1928 34.7288
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2565 1.1462
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division