Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 26 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 18.3301 18.3301 18.9699 18.9699
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.8866 21.8866 22.6049 22.6049
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.4980 16.4980 16.8605 16.8605
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2257 .2148
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 59.5173 54.3474
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 93.3795 93.3795 91.3036 91.3036
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0872 .0872 .0837 .0837
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5221 7.3367
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3334 .3262
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9195 .9195 .8092 .8092
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0858 .0858 .0826 .0826
SWISS FRANC CHF .0506 .0506 .0485 .0485
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4078 .4078 .3921 .3921
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3324 1.2803
DANISH KRONER DKK .4086 .3932
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.4394 3.3058
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1404 .1282
GHANA CEDI GHS .7195 .6797
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6187 4.3890
GUINEAN FRANC GNF539.7018 522.1672
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4795 .4795 .4613 .4613
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 20.4443 18.9763
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1896 .1896 .1800 .1800
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9013 5.5147
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4057 7.2253
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.5985 9.5987 9.2848 9.2851
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.0707 7.5176
KOREAN WON KRW 80.4102 78.6449
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.3582 19.4941
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .6074 .5735
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA286.5802 265.4132
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9695 2.9695 2.7028 2.7028
MALAWI KWACHA MWK107.4494 07.4494 102.5059 102.5059
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1358 1.0404
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0381 4.0381 3.6268 3.6268
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 83.8896 78.6448
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5713 .5493
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1081 .1081 .1034 .1034
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2454 .2270
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2275 .2098
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2972 .2765
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 5.0250 4.6516
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 92.9204 84.6357
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2340 .2162
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9261 .8616
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .6088 .5867
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0783 .0783 .0753 .0753
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP352.0730 337.5641
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.1027 2.1027 1.9539 1.9539
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1870 .1727
TURKISH LIRE TRY 3.0298 2.9382
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9761 1.9319
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS159.4915 158.5684
UGANDA SHILLING UGX279.1247 257.7029
CFA FRANC XAF 36.7275 32.3116
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 38.1064 34.6971
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.2656 1.1524
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division