* The benchmark TOCOM rubber contract for October delivery.
finished 2.6 yen ($0.0237) higher at 186.7 yen per kg.
* The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery rose 15 yuan ($2.20) to finish at 11,775 yuan per tonne.
* The United States increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods on Friday and Beijing said it would strike back, even as the sides pursue talks to try rescuing a trade deal that is close to collapsing.
* Tokyo rubber rallied more than 3 percent in early trade as the two sides held talks, before falling down after U.S. tariff rise took effect.
* The U.S. dollar quoted around 109.73 yen, compared with around 109.75 yen on Thursday afternoon.
* Oil prices rose on Friday despite the onset of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff rise on $200 billion of Chinese goods, stoking the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies.
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average was down 0.27 percent.
* TOCOM's technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract for November delivery closed up 2.3 yen at 162.6 yen per kg.
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for June delivery last traded at 148.8 U.S. cents per kg, up 0.5 percent.