* Japanese rubber futures opened higher for a third day on
Thursday, lifted by buying pressure and limited stock amid the
annual cold weather hiatus, although poor global economic
forecasts capped gains.
* The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for September
delivery was up 1.0 yen, or 0.5%, at 207.8 yen ($1.56)
per kg as of 0220 GMT.
* The rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange
(SHFE) for
September delivery was down 25 yuan, or 0.2%, at 11,695
yuan ($1,701.41) per tonne.
* Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down
0.46%.
* On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund trimmed its
2023
global growth outlook slightly as higher interest rates cool
activity but warned that a severe flare-up of financial system
turmoil could slash output to near recessionary levels.
* Despite broad warnings about the economic risks posed by
recent
stress in the banking sector, global monetary policymakers are
keeping their focus squarely on inflation and the need to
continue raising interest rates to tame it.
* Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders pledged on
Wednesday
to take action to maintain the stability of the global financial
system after recent banking turmoil and to give low- and
middle-income countries a bigger role in diversifying supply
chains to make them more resilient.
* Asian stocks struggled on Thursday, dragged by selling in
Hong
Kong tech shares, while the dollar was under pressure and
short-dated bonds were firm as softening U.S. inflation seemed
to herald that the end of U.S. rate hikes is nigh.
* The front-month rubber contract on Singapore Exchange's
SICOM
platform for May delivery last traded at 134.2 U.S.
cents per kg, up 0.1%.
($1 = 133.2200 yen)
($1 = 6.8737 yuan)
(Reporting by Carman Chew; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) -
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