Crude oil futures closed higher Monday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

The most active crude oil contract for January 2021 delivery was up 0.3 yuan (about 5 U.S. cents) to close at 260.8 yuan a barrel.

The total trading volume for 14 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 186,035 lots, with a turnover of about 48.1 billion yuan.

China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, in March 2018.

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by XINHUA NEWS AGENCY

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