MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble

strengthened slightly against the dollar on Monday.

By 0715 GMT the rouble was 0.3% stronger at

89.83 to the dollar after trading in a range of 89.798 to

90.200.

Against the euro, the rouble was up 0.25% at

97.48 and also gained 0.25% to 12.36 against the yuan

.

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's

main export, was flat at $81.13 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes fell. The dollar-denominated RTS index

was down 0.29% at 1,122.47 while the rouble-based MOEX

index lost 0.51% to 3,200.75.

($1 = 89.8325 roubles)

(Reporting by Reuters

Editing by David Goodman

)