Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rebounded on Friday, posting the biggest weekly gain in about nine months, helped by healthy economic data from top buyer China and a rise in Nikkei share prices. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for November delivery ended 2.1 yen, or 1.1 percent, higher at 201.1 yen ($1.97) per kg, after dropping to as low as 197.0 yen.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery rose 135 yuan to finish at 14,390 yuan ($2,300) per tonne. The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for July delivery last traded at 168.00 US cents per kg, up 0.6 cent.