TOKYO—Natural rubber futures closed the trading week ended Jan. 24 mixed amid "uncertain trading direction," according to Japan Exchange Group (JPX).
In Osaka, Japan, the June 2025 rubber contract fell 0.75 percent week-on-week in quiet trading.
In Shanghai, China, the SHFE and INE rubber futures posted declines of 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, due to "long liquidation and light speculative selling," JPX reported in its weekly Jan. 27 filing.
In Singapore, SICOM's active April 2025 rubber contract rose 2.1 percent on the previous week on consumer and speculative buying interest.
Under the Lunar New Year holidays, SHFE and INE markets close from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, resuming trading on Feb. 5.
SICOM will close Jan. 28-30 and will resume trading on Jan. 31.
Japan's OSE will continue trading without holidays next week.