Crude oil futures closed lower Thursday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

The most active crude oil contract for September delivery was down 10.2 yuan (1.46 U.S. dollars) to close at 413.5 yuan a barrel.

The total trading volume for six listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 440,204 lots, with a turnover of about 179.8 billion yuan.

China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, on March 26, 2018.
Source: Xinhua