The Russian ruble is tumbling as oil prices fall.
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The Russian ruble is tumbling
The Russian ruble is weaker on Wednesday.
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The petro-currency is down by 1.3% at 56.9019 per dollar as of 8:30 a.m. ET.
Meanwhile, Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, is down by 1.0% at $52.05 per barrel.
As for the rest of world, here's the scoreboard as of 8:27 a.m. ET:
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- euro
- British pound
- data
- US dollar index
- World Interest Rate Probability data provided by Bloomberg shows a 72.6% chance the Federal Reserve will raise rates in June or sooner. That's up from 43.7% one week ago.
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