* Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures reversed early gains to settle lower on Tuesday.
* The benchmark TOCOM rubber contract for September delivery finished 0.3 yen ($0.0027) lower at 189 yen per kg.
* The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery rose 5 yuan ($0.7444) to finish at 11,540 yuan per tonne.
* The U.S. dollar was quoted around 111.87 yen, compared with around 111.93 yen on Monday.
* Oil prices hit 2019 highs on Tuesday after Washington announced all Iran sanction waivers would end by May, pressuring importers to stop buying from Tehran.
* Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average was up 0.19 percent.
* TOCOM’s technically specified rubber (TSR) 20 futures contract for October delivery closed down 1.2 yen at 168.6 yen per kg.
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore’s SICOM exchange for May delivery last traded at 151 U.S. cents per kg, down 0.1 percent.
