China treasury bond futures open higher Monday
Xinhua, June 29, 2015 Adjust font size:
China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Monday, with contract for settlement in September 2015 opening 0.15 percent higher at 96.12 yuan (15.7 U.S. dollars).
The contract for settlement in December 2015 opened 0.24 percent higher at 97.88 yuan, and the March 2016 contract had no tradings at the opening.
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