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Spot rubber declines on buyer resistance

Aravindan

Kottayam, June 15 The domestic rubber rates declined on Monday. In spot, the prices surrendered mainly on buyer resistance following the weak closing in futures. Sheet rubber moved down to Rs 98 from Rs 99 a kg amidst marginal selling from dealers. There were no fresh enquiries from major consuming industries.

Futures weak

The June futures for RSS 4 expired weak at Rs 97.00 (98.92) a kg while its July futures downed the shutters at Rs 95.70 (97.46), August at Rs 93.88 (95.26) and September at Rs 91.51 (92.89) a kg on National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE). RSS 3 weakened at its June futures to ¥154 (¥158.7) (Rs 75.04), July futures to ¥154.5 (¥159.1), August to ¥156.5 (¥161.5), September to ¥158.2 (¥163.8), October to ¥160.4 (¥166.3) and November futures to ¥162.6 (¥168.6) a kg during the morning session on TOCOM. The grade concluded at ¥148 (Rs 72.12), ¥153.8, ¥157.4, ¥159.4, ¥161.8 and ¥164.4 a kg consecutively during the night session. RSS 3 moved down to Rs 80.99 (81.11) a kg on Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM). Its spot closed at Rs 81.50 (82.36) a kg at Bangkok.

Spot rates were (Rs/kg): RSS-4: 98 (99); RSS-5: 95.50 (96.75); ungraded: 92.50 (93.50); ISNR 20: 91 (91.50) and latex 60 per cent: 81.50 (80).

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