Rubber futures traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) settled lower in a volatile session on Monday (Aug. 25, 2014).
The most actively traded contract for January 2015 delivery ended at 15,015 yuan/metric yuan, down 65 yuan or 0.43 percent from the previous settlement.
Analysts remained a bearish outlook of Shanghai rubber and other chemical products, which tracked retreat in crude prices on discouraging Chinese manufacturing data of August.
(Edited by Olivia, olivia@tireworld.com.cn)
