SINGAPORE—Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd., a global natural rubber supply chain manager, has completed its acquisition of the assets and entities of the Polymer Division of RCMA Group Pte. Ltd. In doing so, the firm established a Halcyon Rubber and Plantations business unit that will be headed by Robert Meyer, Halcyon Agri executive director and CEO.

Following a pledge made last week by Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to withhold exports of 350,000 tonnes of natural rubber until March, experts say the price of the rubber produced in the kingdom will increase.

TOKYO (Jan 9): Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose on Tuesday, in line with firm oil prices and Shanghai futures, brokers said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell to a more than six-week low against the Japanese yen and weakened against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday after a report that China was ready to slow or halt its U.S. Treasury purchases.

Investing.com - Crude oil stocks fell by 11.190 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said in its estimates on Tuesday, more than expected as gasoline inventories rose by 4.338 million barrels and distillate stocks gained 4.685 million barrels.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil prices retreated from big gains on Thursday, but still managed to settle at three-year highs after the global Brent benchmark hit $70 a barrel on signs of tightening supply in the United States.