Spot rubber finished higher on Monday. RSS 4 improved to ₹121 (120) per kg, according to traders and the.Rubber Board. The market opened steady and firmed up further on fresh buying, coupled with short covering following a sharp recovery in Bangkok spot prices.
The recovery in natural rubber prices began a couple of days prior to the easing of lockdown restrictions in the country, an observer said. “But the number of rising cases indicates that we would be witnessing a late peak in cases,” he added.
June futures firmed up to ₹120.23 (120.21) and July to ₹124.68 (123.86) per kg on the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX). June contracts were up by 0.02% with a volume of 38 lots and total trade value of ₹45.80 lakhs.
