Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures edged down 0.2 percent by the close on Thursday, trimming losses as the dollar edged higher against the yen from a six-week low hit a day earlier, brokers said. The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for June delivery finished 0.5 yen lower at 206.9 yen ($1.85) per kg. The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for May delivery rose 65 yuan to finish at 14,170 yuan ($2,176) per tonne.

The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for February delivery last traded at 148.70 US cents per kg, up 0.7 cent.

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