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MOSCOW: The Russian rouble slightly strengthened against the US dollar on Thursday. By 0717 GMT, the rouble was 0.14% higher at 88.64 to the dollar after trading in a range of 88.485 to 88.818.
Against the euro, the rouble rose 0.1% to 96.43 and gained 0.15% to 12.20 against the yuan . Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia’s main export, rose 0.7% to $78.92 a barrel.
Russian rouble mostly unchanged against US dollar
Russian stock indexes fell.
The dollar-denominated RTS index was down 0.39% to 1,135.95.
The rouble-based MOEX Russian index lost 0.49% to 3,196.46.