A customer tries a golden bracelet at a jewelry store in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. (Photo by Wang Jiankang for China Daily)

SHANGHAI - Gold futures closed higher Tuesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

The most active gold contract for December 2020 delivery was up 0.36 yuan (5 US cents) to close at 400.32 yuan a gram.

The total trading volume for seven listed gold futures contracts on the exchange was 121,047 lots, with a turnover of about 48.5 billion yuan.

China launched gold futures in January 2008.