MOSCOW, April 9 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble was

slightly stronger against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday.

By 0715 GMT, the rouble was 0.05% higher at

92.66 to the dollar after trading in a range of 92.500 to

92.768.

Against the euro, the rouble fell 0.01% to

100.62 and dropped 0.11% to 12.79 against the yuan

.

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's

main export, rose 0.1% to $90.50 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes rose. The dollar-denominated RTS index

rose 0.13% to 1,163.78. The rouble-based MOEX Russian

index gained 0.15% to 3,422.63.

($1 = 92.6575 roubles)