RUBBER

the absence of fresh leads,” a dealer said.

The Malaysian Rubber Board’s noon price for tyre-grade SMR 20 was unchanged at 507.5 sen a kg and latex-in-bulk was one sen lower at 373.5 sen a kg.

The 5pm closing price for tyre- grade SMR 20 improved two sen to 510.0 sen a kg and latex-in-bulk rose half a sen to 374.0 sen a kg.