Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures posted their fourth straight week of losses on Friday amid worries over slowing demand in top buyer China. The benchmark rubber contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) for September delivery fell 2 yen, or 0.9 percent, to settle at 213.7 yen ($2.11) per kg.
The contract finished the week down 4.2 percent, with the declines over the past four weeks totalling 11 percent.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery fell 190 yuan to finish at 15,010 yuan ($2,400) per tonne.
The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for May delivery last traded at 177.50 US cents per kg, down 2.9 cents.
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