Rubber prices hit lifetime high

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| At Tocom (Tokyo Commodity Exchange) futures price for January 2006 contract has been quoted at Rs 82 a kg, and for May contract it increased to Rs 85 a kg. |
| May-June contract in Thailand, the world's largest producer of natural rubber, was quoted Rs 80, which in line with the global price increase. |
| The price of RSS 4 grade touched a lifetime high of Rs 72 for the first time on December 28, 2005 but dropped to end the year in Rs 70-71 range. |
| Traders told Business Standard that shortage of sheet rubber is a major problem in the current market, which also helped the price increase. |
| Price of ISNR-20 (crumb rubber) peaked to Rs 70 a kg and that of ungraded sheet rubber at Rs 69. Latex price too moved up to Rs 51 on Friday. |
First Published: Jan 14 2006 | 12:00 AM IST