May 2 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble

strengthened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday.

By 0756 GMT, the rouble was 0.8% higher at

92.30 to the dollar.

Against the euro, the rouble rose 0.7%

to 99.02 and gained 0.7% to 12.71 against the yuan

.

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's

main export, rose 0.9% to $84.16 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes rose. The dollar-denominated RTS index

rose 0.96% at 1,185.98. The rouble-based MOEX Russian

index gained 0.16% at 3,475.38.

($1 = 92.3675 roubles)