RUBBER PRICES CLOSE LOWER

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian rubber market closed lower

today, tracking falling oil prices brought on by the US and Europe debt

crisis, dealers said.

"Traders were concerned about the matter in US and Europe," said a dealer.

At noon, the Malaysian Rubber Board''s official physical price for SMR 20

ended one sen lower at 1,382 sen per kg while latex-in-bulk decreased 7.5 sen

to 878.5 sen per kg.

As for the 5pm closing price, tyre-grade SMR 20 dropped 11 sen to 1,367 sen

per kg while latex-in-bulk went down eight sen to 874 sen per kg.--BERNAMA

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