But weaker oil prices and profit-taking after a recent run up limited the gains, they said.
The benchmark rubber contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange for January delivery rose 9.0 yen to settle at 221.0 yen ($2.79) per kg.
It jumped as high as 12.8 yen, or 6 percent, to an intra-day high of 224.8 yen per kg, the highest since Aug 8.
The most-active rubber contract on the Shanghai futures exchange for January delivery fell 355 yuan to finish at 21,760 yuan ($3,400) per tonne.
The front-month rubber contract on Singapore's SICOM exchange for September delivery was last traded at 251.0 U.S. cents per kg, down 2.1 cents.
"It's a combination of Merkel's speech and an attempt to cut exports by major producers that helped support prices. But, the gains were still limited as players took profit," said a Bangkok-based trader.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced support for ECB President Mario Draghi's crisis-fighting strategy on Thursday and pressured her European partners to move swiftly towards a closer integration of fiscal policies, saying time was running short.
Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to cut down rubber trees and trim exports by 300,000 tonnes, or about 3 percent of global production this year, in their latest attempt to shore up slumping global prices.
Dealers said weaker oil prices were also weighing on prices.
Brent crude slipped below $114 on Friday as supply worries eased on a possible release of oil reserves by the United States while Israeli comments on Iran reduced fears of a potential conflict in the Middle East that could disrupt exports.
Dealers said TOCOM prices could rise further next week as technical sentiment improved after prices finished above a major support level of 220 yen.
($1 = 79.2650 Japanese yen)
($1 = 6.3658 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat; Editing by Ed Davies)
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