Rouble Firms Past 90 vs Dollar, Russian Stocks Extend Slide in Volatile Trade

Rouble Firms Past 90 vs Dollar, Russian Stocks Extend Slide in Volatile Trade
Russian rouble coins in a picture illustration taken on Oct. 26, 2018. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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The rouble firmed past 90 against the dollar in Moscow trade on Monday, a near one-month high, while Russian stocks extended their slide lower on the third session of trading after an almost month-long suspension.

The Russian market is gradually reopening after a suspension caused by sweeping Western sanctions that followed the beginning of what Russia calls “a special operation” in Ukraine on Feb. 24.