Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures extended declines on Friday tracking weak Shanghai futures despite a slight recovery in the dollar against the yen. Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures have fallen from a 3-1/2-year peak of 291.7 yen hit on December 16. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for June delivery finished 5.6 yen, or 2.1 percent, lower at 267.5 yen ($2.30) per kg. For the week, it rose 1.4 percent. The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange for May delivery fell 470 yuan to finish at 17,855 yuan ($2,580) per tonne.

The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for February delivery last traded at 193 US cents per kg, down 3.2 cents.

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