* The benchmark Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for September delivery finished 1.6 yen, or 0.9 percent, lower at 184.7 yen per kg.
* The U.S. dollar was quoted around 111.67 yen, compared with around 111.65 yen on Thursday afternoon
* Oil prices were down with Brent falling 0.3 percent and U.S. crude off by 0.2 percent
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average ended the day 0.4 percent higher
* TOCOM's technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract for October delivery closed down 1.3 yen at 167.2 yen per kg
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for May delivery recently traded at 149 U.S. cents per kg, down 0.1 percent.
* The Shanghai Futures exchange was closed on Friday for the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday.