Rouble Weakens Amidst Falling Russian Stock Indexes and Crude Oil

The Russian rouble weakened against the U.S. dollar, euro, and yuan on Thursday. Concurrently, Russian stock indexes and Brent crude oil prices also experienced a decline. The rouble-dollar exchange rate was slightly lower at 90.32 while Russian stock indexes fell significantly.

The Russian rouble slightly weakened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday. By 0715 GMT, the rouble was 0.29% lower at 90.32 to the dollar after trading in a range of 89.970 to 90.368.

Against the euro, the rouble fell 0.01% to 97.80 and dropped 0.17% to 12.43 against the yuan . Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, fell 0.3% to $81.64 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes fell. The dollar-denominated RTS index fell 0.87% to 1,193.09. The rouble-based MOEX Russian index lost 0.7% to 3,420.84. ($1 = 90.3200 roubles)