NR prices fall sharply in Wednesday trading

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices in Tokyo and Singapore fell sharply overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract was trading down 10 at just over yen 217 ($2.77) on Wednesday 08 August. Shorter-dated prices were down by about 13 yen at just above yen 206 during Wednesday evening trading.

In Singapore, the February 2013 TSR20 contract on SGX was trading down 14 at $2.63; September 2012 prices also took a hit of 14 cents, to trade around $2.59 during the Wednesday evening session.

In India, NMCE said August prices closed down by one rupee at Rs 177 ($3.21). September prices were also down at just over Rs 172.

In China the Shanghai Futures Exchange contract for August closed down a fraction at Yuan 22.7 ($3.56) per kilo on Wednesday. September prices were also slightly down at yuan 22.6.

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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 (30 July - 3 August 2012) from IRCo

Daily report on Natural Rubber: 08 August 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

International Rubber Prices 08 August 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

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

VNB Blog (Vietnam)

Asian physical rubber prices - August 8
Reuters via Yahoo (Thailand)

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