Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended up nearly 1 percent on Friday, buoyed by firm Shanghai futures. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for December delivery finished 1.7 yen higher at 201.6 yen ($1.78) per kg, capping a 2.3 percent gain for the week. Rubber inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 1.7 percent from last Friday, the exchange said on Friday. The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery rose 255 yuan to finish at 13,455 yuan ($1,983) per tonne. The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for August delivery last traded at 150.1 US cents per kg, up 0.9 cent.
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