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Russian rouble weaker vs dollar at market opening

Published October 20, 2014 Updated October 20, 2014 06:41am

MOSCOW: The Russian rouble opened weaker against the dollar on Monday, following a downgrade of Russia's sovereign debt rating by Moody's Investors Service.

At 0605 GMT the rouble was 0.36 percent weaker at 40.90 against the dollar and 0.33 percent weaker at 52.17 against the euro. -Reuters

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