SHANGHAI, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures closed higher Monday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

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The most active crude oil contract for February 2021 delivery was up 16.8 yuan (about 2.57 U.S. dollars) to close at 320.1 yuan a barrel.

The total trading volume for 16 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 140,157 lots, with a turnover of about 44.41 billion yuan.

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