TOKYO: Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended down 0.4 percent on Monday due to a stronger yen and lower oil prices.

The US dollar was quoted around 104.96 yen, compared with around 105.43 yen on Friday afternoon.

"The decline in oil prices weighed on the market," said a source with a Tokyo-based broker.

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for April delivery finished 0.4 yen lower at 183.5 yen ($1.75) per kg.

The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange for January delivery rose 35 yuan to finish at 14,225 yuan ($2,101) per tonne.

The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for November delivery last traded at 149 US cents per kg, down 0.1 cent.-Reuters