NR prices continue upward trend

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices were generally higher after the May Day holidays, although Tokyo prices eased slightly. Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract closed level at yen 314 ($3.91) on Wednesday 02 May. Shorter-dated prices eased to finish just below yen 300 at the close on Wednesday evening.

In Singapore, the TSR20 contract on SGX was trading up 4 at $3.69 for October deliveries in late trading on Wednesday, November deliveries were at $3.70, while May deliveries were also up about 4 at about $3.68 in trading during the evening session.

In India, NMCE said May deliveries closed down Rs 2 at Rs 193 ($3.65).

In China the Shanghai Futures Exchange contract for May closed up by a fraction of a yuan at Yuan 28.3 ($4.49) per kilo on Wednesday.

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Rubber prices on Tocom (Tokyo)

Prices on SGX (Singapore) (select rubber in the drop-down listing)

Rubber prices on NMCE (India)

Rubber prices on SFE (Shanghai)

Market Watch (23 - 27 April 2012) from IRCo

Daily report on Natural Rubber: 02 May 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

International Rubber Prices 02 May 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

Natural Rubber Prices in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and elsewhere

VNB Blog (Vietnam)

Asian physical rubber prices - May 02

Reuters via Yahoo Finance (Singapore)

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