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SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) -

• Japanese rubber futures rose on Friday amid a weaker yen, although the market logged its biggest weekly drop in a month due to lack of fresh stimulus announcements from top consumer China.

• The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for December delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: closed up 1.8 yen, or 0.57%, at 319.0 yen ($2.02) per kg. It lost 1.82% this week, its sharpest weekly drop since June 17.

• The September rubber contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) SNRv1 rose 80 yuan, or 0.55%, to finish at 14,595 yuan ($2,008.67) per metric ton. It fell 0.85% this week, posting its sixth consecutive weekly loss.

• The yen JPY=EBS was at 157.72 per dollar, after touching a six-week high of 155.375 on Thursday. USD/

• A weaker currency makes yen-denominated assets more affordable to overseas buyers. FRX/

• Chinese officials acknowledged the sweeping list of economic goals re-emphasised at the end of a key Communist Party meeting this week contained "many complex contradictions," pointing to a bumpy road ahead for policy implementation.

• Following China's third plenum, which concluded on Thursday, officials reiterated wide-ranging economic policy goals, from modernizing industry to expanding domestic demand and curbing debt and property sector risks, without detailing implementation steps.

• The lack of any clear policy measure disappointed speculative markets, said Jom Jacob, chief analyst at Indian analysis firm What Next Rubber.

• Global demand for natural rubber is undergoing a persistently weak phase due to the "dominant influence" of China, added Jacob.

• Many traders may remain cautious as they await more clarity on China's reaction to the plenum, said Farah Miller, CEO of independent rubber-focused data firm Helixtap Technologies.

• The front-month August rubber contract on Singapore Exchange's SICOM platform STFc1 last traded at 162.7 U.S. cents per kg, down 0.2%.

($1 = 157.7600 yen)

($1 = 7.2660 yuan)

Reporting by Gabrielle Ng; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Rashmi Aich

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