Rouble fixes at 28.8481/dlr, 43.0074/euro

MOSCOW, Nov 24 - The Russian rouble weakened in early official trade on Tuesday to a weighted average for tomorrow settlement of 28.8481 per dollar, compared with 28.7986 in the previous session.

The average weighted rate, set at a joint trading session of eight exchanges across the country, serves as the basis for the central bank's rouble/dollar rate the following day.

Versus the euro, the rouble firmed to a weighted average for today settlement of 43.0074 <EURRUBON=MCX> at the end of official trade, compared with 43.1040 the previous session.

Against the central bank's basket <RUS=MCX>, made of 0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros and used to guide exchange rate policy, the rouble eased to 35.25 from 35.23 at Monday's closing. It remained within the central bank's trading range of 26 to 41. ((Moscow Newsroom, +7495 775 1242, moscow.newsroom@reuters.com))