Shanghai crude oil futures close lower

SHANGHAI, July 21– Crude oil futures closed lower Wednesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. The most active crude oil contract for September 2021 delivery was down 4.1 yuan to close at 413.1 yuan a barrel. China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, in March 2018.

SHANGHAI, July 21 (Xinhua) — Crude oil futures closed lower Wednesday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

The most active crude oil contract for September 2021 delivery was down 4.1 yuan (about 63 U.S. cents) to close at 413.1 yuan a barrel.

The total trading volume for 14 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 184,616 lots, with a turnover of about 76.37 billion yuan.

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