SHANGHAI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures closed higher Monday in daytime trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.
The most active gold contract for June delivery jumped 9.16 yuan (about 1.3 U.S. dollars) to close at 379.7 yuan a gram, the highest in over eight years.
The total trading volume for eight listed gold futures contracts on the exchange was 173,763 lots, with a turnover of about 65.9 billion yuan.
China launched gold futures in January 2008. Enditem
