Rouble edges lower after clipping over 2-week high

The Russian rouble edged lower on Tuesday, giving up some of the gains made in the previous session and pulling back from a more than two-week high hit against the dollar in early trade, Qazet.az reports.

At 0805 GMT, the rouble was 0.2% weaker against the dollar at 61.13 , falling away from 60.8625, its strongest point since Oct. 21.

It had lost 0.1% to trade at 60.96 versus the euro and had firmed 0.4% against the yuan to 8.38 .