Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures extended declines to inch lower on Tuesday, in line with an overnight drop in Shanghai futures.
FUNDAMENTALS
* The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for March delivery was down 0.6 yen at 195.6 yen ($1.73) per kg, by 0009 GMT, staying about 1 percent above a three-month low of 193.5 yen hit a week ago.
* Key Shanghai futures ended overnight trading down 0.3 percent.
* Oil prices were little changed on Monday as supply disruptions in Iraq dented exports by OPEC's second-largest producer and U.S. drilling rates showed a slowdown.
* The U.S. dollar was quoted around 113.41 yen , compared with around 113.79 yen on Monday afternoon.
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock average opened down 0.1 percent.
* Zinc prices rose on Monday after data showed output in China slipped in September, highlighting worries that winter production cuts are tightening supplies of metals
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