Tokyo NR prices ease overnight

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges eased overnight on selling pressure.

On Tokyo's TOCOM Exchange, prices for the six-month contract closed down about yen 3 at yen 438 ($5.42) per kg on Wednesday 23 March. March contracts finished down by 1 percent at yen 445 ($5.50) per kilo.

In Singapore, Sicom said short-dated RSS3 prices closed at around $5.54. Short-dated TSR 20 jumped, closing at $5.24

India's NMCE prices also eased, with April deliveries finishing at around Rs 230 ($5.12) per kilo

Shanghai Futures Exchange increased, with the highest price recorded at yuan 37.7 ($5.75) per kilo for short-dated contracts. Longer-dated contracts increased slightly, finishing at Yuan 36.7.

This is an external link and should open in a new window. If the window does not appear, please check your pop-up blocking software. ERJ is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Rubber prices on Tocom (Tokyo)

Rubber prices on Sicom (Singapore)

Rubber prices on NMCE (India)

Rubber prices on SFE (Shanghai)

----

Asia SBR prices up on surging natural rubber, Japan restarts ICIS (Singapore)

Spot rubber rules firm The Hindu Business Line (India)

Headline Business Recorder (Pakistan / Tokyo)

NMCE Rubber slumps on profit selling Commodity Online (India)

Tsunami in Japan affects rubber prices MCOT (Japan)