Rubber futures traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) settled slightly higher on Friday (July 25, 2014).
The most actively traded contract for January 2015 delivery ended at 15,715 yuan/metric yuan, up 0.26 percent from the previous settlement.
The January contracts continued to rebound and toughed three-week high on Thursday, gaining 2.91 percent this week.
Declining inventories also underpinned the rubber prices, analysts say.
(Edited by Olivia, olivia@tireworld.com.cn)
