Spot rubber market was in a fix on Friday as there was no guidance on the pricing. The Government has not published any official notification regarding the decisions taken at the meeting convened by the Chief Minister Ommen Chandy with tyre companies on Thursday. Rubber Board did not publish their usual price quotes though it was reported that they would declare prices after adding 20 per cent customs duty and five per cent purchase tax to the international price. In the futures, January contracts improved to ₹122.10 (120.15), February to ₹122.99 (120.97) and March to ₹124.00 (121.53) per kg for RSS 4 on National Multi Commodity Exchange. RSS 3 (spot) weakened to ₹105.84 (106.08) per kg at Bangkok. December futures expired at ¥184.0 (₹97.56) per kg on Tokyo Commodity Exchange.

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