Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended down 0.9 percent on Friday, coming under pressure from low oil prices and a stronger yen against the dollar. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for December delivery finished 1.5 yen lower at 162.8 yen ($1.54) per kg. For the week, the benchmark contract rose 2.3 percent. Rubber inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 1.3 percent from last Friday, the exchange said on Friday.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery fell 155 yuan to finish at 11,420 yuan ($1,712) per tonne. The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for August delivery last traded at 132.1 US cents per kg, down 1.5 cent.
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