NR prices rise slightly

ERJ staff report (DS)

London - Rubber prices remained sluggish on Tuesday. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract were up by about 1 percent at just under yen 223 ($2.81). Shorter-dated prices also rose slightly to yen 215 in late trading in Tuesday's evening session.

In Singapore, the February 2013 TSR20 contract on SGX was trading down slightly at $2.54; September 2012 prices were uchanged, to trade around $2.53 toward the end of the Tuesday evening session.

In India, NMCE said September prices closed at Rs 169 ($3.04). October prices were unchanged, to close a just under Rs 168.

In China the Shanghai Futures Exchange contract for September eased by a fraction of a yuan to close at Yuan 21.6 ($3.40) per kilo on Tuesday. October prices closed unchanged at yuan 21.7.

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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)

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Daily report on Natural Rubber: 21 August 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

International Rubber Prices 21 August 2012 from Geojit Comtrade Limited (India)

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

VNB Blog (Vietnam)

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Reuters via Yahoo (Thailand)

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