In China, meanwhile, NR futures prices on the SHFE (RSS) and INE (TSR) exchanges lifted 1.1 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively.
SICOM futures (TSR20) in Singapore closed 1.5-percent higher amid "tight physical market conditions (with) tire consumers paying a 10-12 cents premium on near-month deliveries."
Summarizing last week's trading, JPX said rubber prices moved within a tight range as "poorer China's economic data cooled market sentiment."
On the supply side, concerns about further dry weather and El Niño also weighed on trader sentiment, added the weekly report.
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