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Russian ruble strengthens vs. dollar in volatile trade

17/12/2014 - 8:47

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ruble strengthened in early trade after opening sharply weaker, but trade was volatile, with the market nervous after heavy losses in recent days.

At 0738 GMT (02:38 a.m. EST), the rouble was around 0.7 percent stronger against the dollar at 68.00 but 0.2 percent weaker against the euro at 84.99 .

(Reporting by Alexander Winning, editing by Elizabeth Piper)