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Sunny days take sheen off rubber

Our Correspondent

Kottayam , Aug. 10

SPOT rubber prices fell sharply on Tuesday. The rubber-growing region witnessed two sunny days after continuous rains for over a week.

Anticipating this is as a sign of improved weather, traders sold rubber and the market reacted sharply in the absence of quantity buyers. All the grades lost while sheet rubber RSS 4 closed at Rs 57 against Monday's Rs 58.50.

The futures market continued its downtrend on Tuesday. The August delivery was quoted at Rs 56.15 (Rs 57.28); September delivery at Rs 53.51 (Rs 53.83); October delivery at Rs 52.55 (Rs 52.79), and November delivery at Rs 52.50 (Rs 52.53) per kg for RSS 4.

The TOCOM September futures for RSS 3 improved to 143.2 yen from 142.7 yen a kg. At Bangkok, RSS 3 closed steady at Rs 57.96 a kg similar to Monday's level.

The spot market rates per kg on Tuesday were:

RSS 4 Rs 57 (Rs 58.50), RSS 5 Rs 55.50 (Rs 56), ungraded Rs 53 (Rs 54) ISNR 20 Rs 51.50 (Rs 52) and latex 60% Rs 39 (Rs 40).

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