Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures edged up from a one-week low on Wednesday as the dollar recovered from a 4-1/2 month low against the yen.
FUNDAMENTALS
* The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for February delivery rose 0.9 yen to 216.4 yen ($1.97) per kg by 0036 GMT, after hitting 214.6 yen in the night session, the lowest since Aug. 23.
* A weaker yen which makes yen-denominated commodities cheaper for holders of other currencies.
MARKET NEWS
* U.S. gasoline futures jumped 4 percent while crude prices were mixed on Tuesday after a hurricane shut down more than 19 percent of the country's refining capacity, curbing fuel production and further bloating crude inventories.
* The U.S. dollar strengthened to 109.83 yen from around 108.81 yen on Tuesday afternoon as traders brushed aside concerns surrounding a North Korean missile launch over Japan.
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average was up 0.7 percent.
* Copper rallied to its highest in three years on Tuesday as inventories in London and Shanghai fell and the dollar sank after North Korea raised geopolitical tensions by launching a missile that flew over northern Japan
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