The Russian ruble spiked up against the US dollar in New York mid-day trading on Wednesday. At 10:40 am ET, the ruble climbed to a new multi-week high of 30.9950 versus the greenback from early morning session's low of 31.2725. Presently, the ruble is trading near 31.06 versus the greenback, compared to Tuesday's close of 31.2425.

Wednesday, Russia's Federal Statistical Service said in a report that the gross domestic product or GDP dropped 10.9% year-on-year in the second quarter, compared with a 9.8% fall in the previous quarter. The second quarter GDP was unrevised from the preliminary estimate reported on August 11.

Sequentially, the GDP increased 7.4% in the second quarter.

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