Xinhua
12 Aug 2020, 14:48 GMT+10
SHANGHAI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures closed lower Wednesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.
The most active crude oil contract for September 2020 delivery was down 0.6 yuan (about 9 U.S. cents) to close at 284.2 yuan a barrel.
The total trading volume for 13 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 172,524 lots, with a turnover of about 50.1 billion yuan.
China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, in March 2018.
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