the newly designed russian 100rouble banknotes are seen at the goznak printing factory in moscow russia july 6 2022 moscow news agencyhandout via reuters moscow sept 2 reuters  the rouble eased back from the 60 mark against the dollar and euro in moscow trade on friday while russias benchmark moex stock index hovered near a more than threemonth high clipped early in the session at 0719 gmt the rouble was 02 weaker against the dollar at 6040 and had lost 05 to trade at 6020 versus the euro promsvyazbank analysts said the rouble would remain in the 6061 range against the greenback on friday the rouble spent most of august near 60 per dollar volatility has subsided since it hit a record low of 12153 per dollar in moscow trade in march soon after russia sent tens of thousands of troops into ukraine it then rallied to its strongest in seven years of 5001 per dollar in june so far this year the rouble has been the worlds bestperforming currency buoyed by emergency capital controls rolled out by the central bank in a bid to halt a mass selloff this helped to avoid an economic meltdown that many had predicted read more however the central bank said russian banks had lost a combined 15 trillion roubles 2486 billion in the first six months of 2022 disclosing banking sector earnings on friday for the first time since february read more russian stock indexes surged to their highest in recent months this week buoyed by gas giant gazproms gazpmm board recommending the payment of 5103 roubles 08456 per ordinary share in dividends on the first half of 2022 the dollardenominated rts index irts was down 04 to 12739 points just off a near twomonth high hit in the previous session the roublebased moex russian index imoex was 02 lower at 24419 points earlier touching 245048 points its strongest mark since may 20 investors may want to cash in ahead of the weekend though we still believe that the imoex remains in a growing trend said bcs global markets in a note