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China treasury bond futures open higher Friday

Xinhua, April 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures opened slightly higher on Friday, with contract for settlement in September 2015 opening at 97.265 yuan (15.87 U.S. dollars), up 0.05 yuan from the previous trading day.

The contract for settlement in December 2015 opened 0.02 yuan higher at 97.7 yuan.

The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price and set date. They allow investors to bet on or profit from the movements in the value of the bonds.

The treasury bond futures were launched at the Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading on Sept. 6, 2013. Endi