Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures fell on Friday, weighed down by weaker oil prices and Shanghai futures in lacklustre trade, but managed to eke out their first weekly gain in three. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for September delivery finished lower 1.4 yen, 0.7 percent, at 198.6 yen ($2) per kg. For the week, it rose 1.3 percent after two weeks of losses.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery fell 55 yuan to finish at 12,725 yuan ($2,053) per tonne.
The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for May delivery last traded at 137.0 US cents per kg, down 1.4 cent.
Rubber inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 3.0 percent from last Friday, the exchange said on Friday.
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