Shanghai crude oil futures close flat

SHANGHAI - Crude oil futures closed flat Thursday in daytime trading on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.

The most active crude oil contract for August 2020 delivery closed at 298.9 yuan ($42.65) a barrel.

The total trading volume for 13 listed crude oil futures contracts on the exchange was 119,039 lots, with a turnover of about 36.4 billion yuan.

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