SHANGHAI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures closed higher Tuesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

The most active gold contract for December 2021 delivery was up 2.4 yuan (about 38 U.S. cents) to close at 387.9 yuan a gram.

The total trading volume for eight listed gold futures contracts on the exchange was 159,170 lots, with a turnover of about 61.73 billion yuan.

China launched gold futures in January 2008.