Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The ruble weakened for the third consecutive day this week against the dollar, retreating 0.7 percent to 32.0699 at the start of trading in Moscow. The Russian currency was little changed at 43.43 against the euro, pushing it down 0.3 percent to 37.1751 versus the central bank’s target basket.

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