As expected

The Reserve Bank of India’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.15% to kick start economic growth languishing at six-year lows. The RBI maintained its accommodative stance and said it would maintain this position as long as it is necessary to revive growth, while ensuring inflation remains within target.

On 3rd October, benchmark RSS4 grade rubber closed at `.122 a kg at Kottayam, while on 4th October, RSS3 grade closed at `.100.26 a kg at Bangkok and Malaysian SMR20 closed at `.88.82 a kg. Tokyo Commodity Exchange October 2019 futures series closed at ¥149 a kg, November at ¥151.2, December at ¥152.1, January 2020 at ¥152.9, February at ¥155.6 and the contract for delivery in March 2020 closed at ¥157.1 a kg.

To read Rubber4U – 1st October 2019 issue: http://rubber4u.com/Public/Abcd.pdf

For National Rubber Policy: http://rubber4u.com/Public/NRP2019.pdf

For 2019-20 Rubber Forecast: http://rubber4u.com/Public/Forecast2019-20.pdf