Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 12 May 2026 as at 15:28
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 19.0615 19.0615 19.7202 19.7202
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.9784 21.9784 22.7024 22.7024
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.3345 16.3345 16.6980 16.6980
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2280 .2169
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 60.9830 55.7030
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 85.4067 85.4067 82.9396 82.9396
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0855 .0855 .0821 .0821
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.5393 7.3482
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .2999 .2934
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9051 .9051 .7993 .7993
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0847 .0847 .0814 .0814
SWISS FRANC CHF .0484 .0484 .0463 .0463
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4194 .4194 .4033 .4033
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.2805 1.2288
DANISH KRONER DKK .3929 .3777
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2706 3.1391
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1386 .1267
GHANA CEDI GHS .7065 .6677
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6466 4.4137
GUINEAN FRANC GNF541.7368 523.9550
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4833 .4833 .4648 .4648
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.1546 17.6937
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1809 .1809 .1713 .1713
INDIAN RUPEE INR 5.9875 5.5948
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.4988 7.3147
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.7011 9.7011 9.3815 9.3815
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.1055 7.5458
KOREAN WON KRW 91.2037 89.2007
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.0171 19.1059
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5700 .5365
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA263.8392 242.9446
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 2.9722 2.9722 2.7189 2.7189
MALAWI KWACHA MWK108.5169 08.5169 103.4947 103.4947
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.0914 .9959
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.0797 4.0797 3.6633 3.6633
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 84.4225 79.7101
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5660 .5440
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1040 .1040 .0996 .0996
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2283 .2101
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2296 .2120
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2787 .2582
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.6574 4.2874
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 93.2382 84.5610
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2363 .2182
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .9340 .8687
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5731 .5516
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0786 .0786 .0755 .0755
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP287.3366 274.0747
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0378 2.0378 1.8886 1.8886
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1826 .1672
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.7964 2.7066
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9302 1.8864
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS158.6485 156.7986
UGANDA SHILLING UGX236.5545 218.1100
CFA FRANC XAF 37.0951 32.6261
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 35.8670 32.6584
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.1964 1.0801
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division