Spot rubber closed unchanged on Wednesday. According to observers, the transactions were in an extremely low key as there were no quantity buyers or sellers in the main marketing centres.
Sheet rubber was quoted steady at Rs 179 a kg according to traders.
The grade closed flat at Rs 179.50 a kg both at Kottayam and Kochi according to Rubber Board.
The August series improved to Rs 178 (176.56), September to Rs 177.35 (1755.85), October to Rs 176.95 (175.78) and November to Rs 176.60 (174.81) a kg on the National Multi Commodity Exchange.
RSS 3 (spot) firmed up to Rs 169.65 (168.93) a kg at Bangkok. The July futures expired steady at ¥215.5 (Rs 154.87) a kg while the August series slipped to ¥215.1 (Rs 154.58) from ¥216.5 a kg during the day session but then remained inactive in the night session on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange.
Spot rates were (Rs/kg): RSS-4: 179 (179); RSS-5: 173.50 (173.50); ungraded: 167 (167); ISNR 20: 169 (169) and latex 60 per cent: 129 (129).
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