The Russian rouble touched a more than five-week high in early Moscow trade on Friday before settling in the 83–84 range to the dollar, and Russian stocks climbed, with investors eyeing events in Ukraine and an ongoing gas payments saga.
By 1319 GMT, the rouble was 0.2 percent weaker against the dollar at 83.37, earlier clipping 80.3325, its strongest mark since Feb. 23. It had gained 0.2 percent to trade at 92.31 versus the euro.
