KUALA LUMPUR—World demand for natural rubber exceeded supply in the first five months of 2018, but the situation only had a marginal effect on pricing, according to the latest monthly figures from the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday as a supply disruption in Canada tightened the market and after U.S. officials told importers to stop buying Iranian crude from November.

KOTTAYAM, India—India's rubber manufacturing industry is becoming over-reliant on imports of low-cost natural rubber, the Rubber Research Institute of India has warned. The warning is based on an institute study that valued the industry's output—66 percent of which is based on NR—at close to $11 billion per year, and exports nearing $2.5 billion a year.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Tuesday on uncertainty over Libyan oil exports, but gains were dampened by an expected increase in supply from producer cartel OPEC and by an intensifying trade conflict between the United States and other major economies.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global share prices fell on Monday on escalating trade tensions between the United States and major economies while crude oil prices gave up some of the hefty gains made after major oil exporters agreed to a modest increase in production.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a two-week low against the yen on Monday as a latest flare-up in global trade concerns dented investor risk appetites and drove down U.S. yields.