Rouble slightly weakens against dollar

MOSCOW: The Russian rouble slightly weakened against the US dollar on Monday.

By 0715 GMT, the rouble was 0.18% lower at 93.60 to the dollar after trading in a range of 93.328 to 93.640.

Against the euro, the rouble fell 0.2% to 99.81, and it dropped 0.25% to 12.89 against the yuan .

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia’s main export, fell 0.8% to $89.68 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes were mixed. The dollar-denominated RTS index fell 0.12% to 1,164.02. The rouble-based MOEX Russian index gained 0.07% to 3,458.55.