Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures, which set the tone for rubber prices in Southeast Asia, ended flat on Thursday after rising in early trade. The benchmark Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) rubber contract for August delivery stayed unchanged at 200.8 yen per kg. The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for May delivery rose 40 yuan to finish at 12,500 yuan per tonne.

TOCOM's technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract for August delivery closed down 0.7 yen at 170.1 yen per kg. The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for March delivery last traded at 146 US cents per kg, up 0.1 percent.

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