South African rand
16.40 ZAR / USD
−0.05% day
South Africa's currency, quoted as rand per US dollar, so a rising line means a weaker rand. One of the most traded emerging-market currencies, it moves with the metals the country exports and with global appetite for risk.
Oct 22 · 16.397949 ZAR / USD · +0.8% vs the window’s open
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| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | 16.269800 ZAR / USD | |
| Sep 20 | 16.269800 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Sep 21 | 16.236192 ZAR / USD | −0.2% |
| Sep 22 | 16.247535 ZAR / USD | +0.1% |
| Sep 23low | 16.199394 ZAR / USD | −0.3% |
| Sep 24 | 16.380242 ZAR / USD | +1.1% |
| Sep 25 | 16.423431 ZAR / USD | +0.3% |
| Sep 26 | 16.292840 ZAR / USD | −0.8% |
| Sep 27 | 16.304245 ZAR / USD | +0.1% |
| Sep 28 | 16.361145 ZAR / USD | +0.3% |
| Sep 29 | 16.446986 ZAR / USD | +0.5% |
| Sep 30 | 16.396128 ZAR / USD | −0.3% |
| Oct 1 | 16.439971 ZAR / USD | +0.3% |
| Oct 2 | 16.677406 ZAR / USD | +1.4% |
| Oct 3 | 16.655100 ZAR / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 4 | 16.655100 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 5high | 16.734680 ZAR / USD | +0.5% |
| Oct 6 | 16.649865 ZAR / USD | −0.5% |
| Oct 7 | 16.583726 ZAR / USD | −0.4% |
| Oct 8 | 16.633825 ZAR / USD | +0.3% |
| Oct 9 | 16.518493 ZAR / USD | −0.7% |
| Oct 10 | 16.520050 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 11 | 16.520050 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 12 | 16.493686 ZAR / USD | −0.2% |
| Oct 13 | 16.534381 ZAR / USD | +0.2% |
| Oct 14 | 16.457331 ZAR / USD | −0.5% |
| Oct 15 | 16.568355 ZAR / USD | +0.7% |
| Oct 16 | 16.451091 ZAR / USD | −0.7% |
| Oct 17 | 16.493910 ZAR / USD | +0.3% |
| Oct 18 | 16.494000 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 19 | 16.449900 ZAR / USD | −0.3% |
| Oct 20 | 16.402760 ZAR / USD | −0.3% |
| Oct 21 | 16.405824 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 22latest | 16.397949 ZAR / USD | 0.0% |
Lately
South Africa's fortnight brought a fuel levy cut running until January 2027, riots in Durban and Soweto that forced the withdrawal of an asylum directive, and Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize, but none of it accounts for the currency's moves.