Tokyo rubber falls

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures fell on Thursday, on weaker Shanghai futures. TOCOM's rubber contract for May delivery finished 0.2 yen ($0.0018) lower at 188.3 yen per kg.

The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for January delivery fell 95 yuan ($13.50) to finish at 12,475 yuan per tonne. China's new technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract was last down 25 yuan at 10,700 yuan per tonne.

The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for December delivery last traded at 138.6 US cents per kg, down 0.4%.