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SHANGHAI, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures closed higher Tuesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.
The most active crude oil contract for September delivery was up 2.6 yuan (about 38 U.S. cents) to close at 444.1 yuan a barrel.
The total trading volume for 8 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 241,950 lots, with a turnover of about 106.69 billion yuan.
China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, on March 26 last year. Enditem
