Tokyo rubber rises

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures hit a one-week high on Friday in line with a jump in Shanghai futures, brokers said. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for January delivery finished 4.9 yen higher at 206.8 yen ($1.88) per kg, ending the week with a 1.1 percent gain.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for January delivery was last up 260 yuan at 15,550 yuan ($2,314) per tonne. The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for September delivery last traded at 149 US cents per kg, up 2 cents.