NR rise continues: now at yen 440 in Tokyo

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Prices of natural rubber around the world are still on the rise.The chart shows the increase over the last 2 years. A year ago, the price was around $3/kg, and a year before that, just $1.50. Now prices are well above $5/kg.

In Tokyo, Tocom's benchmark six-month price touched Yen 440 ($5.30 per kilo) during day trading on 6 January.

In Singapore RSS3 was trading around $5.25/kg on Thursday, while TSR20 was closer to $5.20/kg

Indian prices on the NMCE (National Multi-Commodity Exchange) broke through Rs 235 ($5.20)/kg once more.

Shanghai prices, usually the world's highest, reached Yuan 38.3 ($5.86) per kilo.

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Rubber prices on Tocom (Tokyo)

Rubber prices on Sicom (Singapore)

Rubber prices on NMCE (India)

Rubber prices on SFE (Shanghai)

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