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SHANGHAI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures closed higher Thursday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.
The most active crude oil contract for October delivery was up 2.8 yuan (about 40 U.S. cents) to close at 425.7 yuan a barrel.
The total trading volume for 12 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 259,086 lots, with a turnover of about 111 billion yuan.
China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, on March 26 last year. Enditem
