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SHANGHAI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures closed higher Tuesday at the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE).
The most active crude oil contract for May delivery was up 0.3 yuan (about 4 U.S. cents) to close at 478.2 yuan a barrel.
On Tuesday, the total trading volume for six listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 287,292 lots, with a turnover of 137.5 billion yuan.
China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, on March 26 last year.
