Standard Bank
FOREX OPENING INDICATION RATES FOR 27 May 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 18.7012 18.7012 19.3535 19.3535
BRITSH POUND GBP 21.6173 21.6173 22.3356 22.3356
UNITED STATES DOLUSD 16.1655 16.1655 16.5286 16.5286
QUOTATIONS ON BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY PER R1
UAE DIRHAM AED .2303 .2190
ANGOLAN KWANZA AOA 61.1149 55.7935
ARGENTINIAN PESO ARS 87.1656 87.1656 85.1811 85.1811
AUSTRALIAN DOLLARAUD .0875 .0875 .0840 .0840
BANGLADESH TAKA BDT 7.6220 7.3939
BRAZILLIAN REAL BRL .3127 .3058
BOTSWANA PULA BWP .9126 .9126 .8085 .8085
CANADIAN DOLLAR CAD .0863 .0863 .0830 .0830
SWISS FRANC CHF .0491 .0491 .0470 .0470
CHINESE YUAN CNY .4230 .4230 .4066 .4066
CZECH KRONER CZK 1.3030 1.2504
DANISH KRONER DKK .4006 .3851
EGYPTIAN POUND EGP 3.2607 3.1282
FIJI DOLLAR FJD .1410 .1287
GHANA CEDI GHS .7374 .6946
GAMBIA DALASI GMD 4.6137 4.4639
GUINEAN FRANC GNF544.2480 527.9871
HONG KONG DOLLAR HKD .4887 .4887 .4699 .4699
HUNGARIAN FORINT HUF 19.4006 17.9253
ISRAELI SHEKEL ILS .1781 .1781 .1685 .1685
INDIAN RUPEE INR 6.0526 5.6546
ICELANDIC KRONA ISK 7.6328 7.4436
JAPANESE YEN JPY 9.9161 9.9161 9.5888 9.5888
KENYAN SHILLING KES 8.3827 7.6528
KOREAN WON KRW 92.6484 90.5396
SRI LANKA RUPEE LKR 20.5621 19.6297
LESOTHO LOTI LSL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
MOROCCAN DIRHAM MAD .5795 .5455
MALAGASY ARIARY MGA267.8544 246.6634
MAURITIAN RUPEE MUR 3.0410 3.0410 2.7673 2.7673
MALAWI KWACHA MWK109.6595 09.6595 104.5642 104.5642
MEXICAN PESO MXN 1.1107 1.0138
MOZAMBIQUE NETICAMZN 4.1224 4.1224 3.7009 3.7009
NAMIBIA DOLLAR NAD 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
NIGERIAN NAIRA NGN 85.9046 81.7173
NORWEGIAN KRONOR NOK .5789 .5564
NEW ZEALAND DOLLANZD .1061 .1061 .1015 .1015
POLISH ZLOTY PLN .2318 .2134
QATAR RIYAL QAR .2320 .2139
ROMANIAN LEU RON .2861 .2652
RUSSIAN ROUBLE RUB 4.5349 4.1645
RAWANDAN FRANC RWF 94.2130 85.7302
SAUDI RIYALS SAR .2388 .2204
SEYCHELLE RUPEE SCR .8735 .8543
SWEDISH KRONER SEK .5771 .5554
SINGAPORE DOLLAR SGD .0797 .0797 .0766 .0766
SOUTH SUDAN POUNDSSP316.0125 281.8448
SWAZILAND LILANGESZL 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
THAI BAHT THB 2.0723 2.0723 1.9209 1.9209
TUNISIAN DINAR TND .1850 .1695
TURKISH LIRE TRY 2.8560 2.7636
TAIWAN DOLLAR TWD 1.9428 1.8983
TANZANIA SHILLINGTZS163.4089 160.8089
UGANDA SHILLING UGX240.2029 221.6159
CFA FRANC XAF 37.4829 32.9604
SENEGALESE FRANC XOF 36.5476 33.2872
ZAMBIAN KWACHA ZMW 1.1945 1.0824
'Cheques' denotes Travellers cheques, Personal cheques, Drafts
and Clean items.
Exchange rates supplied by Corporate and Investment Banking Division