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Russian rouble slightly rises against dollar

The Russian rouble slightly gained against the dollar on Friday. By 0715 GMT, the rouble (RUBUTSTN=MCX) was 0.06% higher at 91.99 to the dollar after trading in a range of 91.898 to 92.163.

Against the euro, the rouble EURRUB fell 0.02% to 98.71. It dropped 0.04% to 12.71 against the yuan CNYRUB.

Brent crude oil BRN1!, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, rose 0.4% to $83.99 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes were little changed. The dollar-denominated RTS index RTSI rose 0.05% to 1,178.57. The rouble-based MOEX Russian index IMOEX lost 0.08% to 3,440.60.

($1 = 91.9925 roubles)

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