China has
launched oil futures backed by yuan, and Beijing has what Gaddafi didn't, according to the expert.
The plan is to
launch an oil futures contract on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE), but there are obstacles in convincing large oil producers and consumers in using the yuan and investing in the Shanghai benchmark.
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oil futures and London's IPE Brent crude
oil.
The most notable is that China last Monday
launched its own crude
oil futures contract.
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Local media have reported that China could
launch a crude
oil futures contract priced in yuan as early as Jan. 18, although analysts and industry executives who spoke to Breakingviews believe a later start is more likely.
China finally
launched last month its yuan - denominated crude
oil futures that have been in the works for years, after several delays.
Hayden Briscoe, Head of Fixed Income, Asia Pacific, at UBS Asset Management, said in a report just before the Chinese
futures launched that «We believe that in the long term this will change how
oil is traded globally, create a petro - yuan currency flow, increase the role of the RMB [renminbi — Ed.]
After Monday's
launch of the yuan - backed
oil futures in Shanghai, there have been negotiation between Russia and China on mutual promotion of
oil futures in national currencies, RIA Novosti reported.
The move comes after the
launch of crude
oil futures in March, the first
futures contracts listed on the mainland open to overseas investors.
In 2016, the St. Petersburg exchange in Russia
launched Urals
oil futures in the Russian ruble, and support from China could prop up Russian crude
futures.
The Shanghai International Energy Exchange is
launching a crude -
oil futures contract that's denominated in Yuan.
News # 1: China might be just days away from
launching its Yuan - denominated
oil futures on the Shanghai exchange.
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