TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose 0.9 percent this week, closing at the psychological level of 200 yen, but sentiment was weak, reflecting a stronger yen and amid an outlook of more supplies, dealers said on Friday.

On Friday, the benchmark rubber contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) for October delivery JRUc6 fell 2.4 percent, or 5 yen, to settle at 200 yen ($1.97) per kg. The contract earlier fell to 199.2 yen, the lowest since May 12.

Dealers expected more supply in the market soon because of the end of wintering season in the region, which will further pressure prices.

Trading houses snapped up Thai and Indonesian rubber for nearby shipment this week, but main consumer China remained on the sidelines, looking for cheaper prices as the dry wintering season was about to end. ID:nL3N0O12UW

The dollar eased 0.1 percent to 101.46 yen JPY= , staying close to a two-month low of 101.31 yen set on Thursday. USD/

"Supplies at producing nations have increased a little, but more are to come later," said Kaname Gokon, general manager of research at broker Okato Shoji.

"The fall in dollar/yen is probably having the biggest impact, and TOCOM rubber could be trading below 200 yen next week, which could accelerate further selling."

Thailand's announcement to sell 200,000 tonnes of rubber from government stocks hurt TOCOM prices, which posted their biggest weekly fall in five weeks last week, but dealers said the impact was not likely to be as big as feared earlier.

The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for September delivery SNRcv1 fell 370 yuan to finish at 13,820 yuan ($2,200) per tonne, after falling more than 3 percent amid concerns about a slowing Chinese economy.

The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for June delivery STFc1 was untraded yet. The contract for July delivery traded at 169.00 U.S. cents per kg, down 1.0 cent. ($1 = 101.5750 Japanese Yen) ($1 = 6.2306 Chinese Yuan)

(Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

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