BEIJING:* Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures rose on Friday, supported by firm oil prices, while Shanghai futures fell slightly
* The benchmark Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for September delivery finished 0.4 yen ($0.0036) higher at 192.3 yen per kg
* The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery fell 10 yuan ($1.49) to finish at 11,930 yuan per tonne
* The U.S. dollar was quoted around 111.92 yen, compared with around 111.65 yen on Thursday afternoon
* Oil prices edged up on Friday, lifted by ongoing supply cuts led by producer club OPEC and by U.S. sanctions on petroleum exporters Iran and Venezuela
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average was up 0.73 percent
* TOCOM's technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract for October delivery closed up 0.5 yen at 173 yen per kg
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for May delivery last traded at 154.1 U.S. cents per kg, down 0.1 percent.
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