Spot rubber finished flat on Thursday. The trading activities were in an extremely low key as there were no quantity sellers on buyers in the local trading houses to set a definite trend in the commodity.

The market seemed to be suffering from acute short supplies following widespread rains all over the plantation areas.

RSS-4 continued to remain steady ₹133 a kg consecutively for the fourth day, according to traders and the Rubber Board. The grade was quoted unchanged at ₹129 a kg by dealers.

The trend was partially mixed as RSS-5 improved marginally on enquiries from the non-tyre sector.

Natural rubber futures closed lower in day time trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE). The near month October delivery was down by 20 Yuan (₹217.55) to close at 11,545 Yuan (₹125,580.79) a tonne.

RSS-3 (spot) firmed up to ₹141.78 (141.11) per kg at Bangkok. SMR 20 closed unchanged at ₹99.96 while Latex 60% improved to ₹88.57 (87.78) a kg at Kuala Lumpur.

Spot rubber rates (₹/kg): RSS-4:133 (133); RSS-5: 128 (127.50); ISNR-20: 108 (108) and Latex (60% drc): 76.50 (76.50).

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