Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Spot Rubber Was Almost Steady

Kottayam: Spot rubber was almost steady except sheet rubber which lost in tandem with the international futures on Monday. RSS 4, the only loser of the day shed 25 paise to close at Rs 122.75 against Rs 123 a kg on buyer resistance.

Covering groups and purchase agents sidelined the market waiting for a positive trend to emerge from the global scene. “There was no selling pressure in the main marketing centres as prices were expected to firm up further once TOCOM recovers after a short term correction,” a trader said. “We are also expecting revised quotes from the tyre sector and it is difficult to predict a target in the absence of domestic futures which has been a major platform for rubber trading during the last five years,” he added.

RSS 3 weakened at its May contract to ¥316.3 (Rs 129.16) from ¥318.4, June to ¥314.9 (318), July to ¥314.1 (317.6), August to 314.5 (318.3), September to 314.6 (317.1) and October to ¥314.8 (318) a kg at TOCOM.

Spot prices were (Rs/kg): RSS-4: 122.75 (123); RSS-5: 120 (120); ungraded: 116.50 (116.50); ISNR 20: 118.50 (118.50) and latex 60 per cent: 82.50 (82.50).

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