03 Apr 2014

Tocom Rubber Fall; Stockpiles Weigh; Futures ‘Weird’   3 April 2014, 09:25 SEAST   Tocom RSS3 rubber futures fall ahead of the spot month’s expiry Tuesday although prices are still in the backwardation pattern amid the low-production season.   Traders say high stockpiles in China and Japan weigh, putting downside pressure on prices. Meanwhile, IRCo chief executive, Yium Tavarolit, says in […]

Asian Physical Rubber Little Changed; Thai Field Latex Gains   3 April 2014, 16:53 SEAST   Asian physical rubber prices are little changed with prices amid the low-production season.   Prices of Thai field latex in particular, are gaining due to slow arrivals, says IRCo chief executive Yium Tavarolit in a note; “supply tightness of natural rubber […]

Asian Rubber Futures End Lower; Thai Government Sale Plan Rattles   3 April 2014, 17:55 SEAST   Asian rubber futures settled mostly lower Thursday as prices were pressured by the prospect of even more of the commodity on the market after Thailand’s agriculture minister said a day earlier that the government is planning to sell from its 200,000-ton […]