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Kottayam, Nov. 28 Another fall in crude oil hammered the rubber prices on Wednesday. RSS 3 declined at its December futures to ¥260.4 (Rs. 95.08 ) from ¥266.4 a kg at TOCOM. The market leader suffered all round losses following bull liquidation coupled with short selling as crude oil fell to $93.90 ( 96.20) dollar per barrel before recovering to $94.04 on late trading.

RSS 3 spot improved by 38 paise 97.95 a kg at Bangkok.

In the physical front, sheet rubber RSS 4 slipped to Rs 94.50 from Rs 95 a kg at Kottayam and Kochi on buyer resistance. There has been no selling pressure in the market and the prices slipped amidst low volumes, sources said.

The December futures moved down to Rs 96.25 from Rs 97.08 a kg on MCX. On NMCE, the December futures declined to Rs. 97.25 ( 97.76), January to Rs 98.80 ( 98.88), February to Rs 100 (100.31) and March to 101.90 (102.15) per kg for RSS 4. Spot prices (Rs per kg) were: RSS-4 : 94.50 ( 95); RSS-5 : 91( 91.50); ungraded : 86.50 ( 87); ISNR 20: 89.50 (90.50) and latex 60% : 62.50 ( 63).

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