MOSCOW (Reuters) - CEFC China Energy is in talks with Russian state bank VTB (>> Bank VTB PAO) to raise around $5 billion (£3.78 billion) in loan to finance acquisition of a stake in Russia's largest oil firm Rosneft , a banking source familiar with the talks told Reuters.

The source added that VTB and CEFC might close the loan transaction by year-end.

(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; writing by Katya Golubkova; editing by Dmitry Solovyov)

Stocks treated in this article : NK Rosneft' PAO, Bank VTB PAO, Glencore, BP