Second wave of Covid-19 infections continue to hamper industrial sports
Spot rubber closed unchanged on Tuesday. The commodity took a breath because the State government’s selection to implement strict norms proscribing day by day existence and enterprise activities until May nine raised issues over its demand. However tight substances inside the local markets stored sentiments impartial. As in keeping with reports, the aggressively spreading 2d wave of Covid-19 infections will preserve to bog down business sports hurting the charge of commodities along with herbal rubber.
RSS4 became quoted regular at ₹168.00 in keeping with kg via investors and the Rubber Board. The grade finished flat at ₹163.00 per kg in keeping with Dealers. The trend become in part combined as ISNR20 and latex persisted to explore in addition highs on enquiries from the general rubber items region.

In futures, the front month May delivery was up 1.Fifty two in keeping with cent from Monday’s settlement price to close at ₹170.10 in line with kg with a volume of 40 lots on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

SMR 20 improved to ₹125.18 (124.10) and Latex to ₹a hundred and fifteen.06 (114.00) per kg at Kualalumpur.

Spot rubber costs (₹/kg) had been: RSS4:168.00 (168.00); RSS5: one hundred sixty five.00 (a hundred sixty five.00); ISNR20: 146.00 (one hundred forty five.00) and Latex (60% drc): one hundred twenty.50 (119.50).