Slide in NR prices eases

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices recovered slightly from their recent slide. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract were trading up 4 at yen 273 ($3.42) on Tuesday 15 May. Shorter-dated prices however, were trading down 2 at yen 257 on Tuesday evening.

In Singapore, the TSR20 contract on SGX was trading up 1 at $3.32 for November deliveries in late trading on Tuesday, while June deliveries were down by 2 cents at about $3.32 in trading during the evening session.

In India, NMCE said May deliveries closed down 1 at Rs 191 ($3.55). June prices were slightly higher at Rs 195

In China the Shanghai Futures Exchange contract for May closed down by a further half-yuan at Yuan 25.7 ($4.07) per kilo on Tuesday.

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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 (7 - 11 May 2012) from IRCo

Daily report on Natural Rubber: 15 May 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

International Rubber Prices 15 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 15

Reuters via Yahoo (Singapore)

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