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China treasury bond futures close mixed Friday

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Friday, with the contract for settlement in September 2015 down 0.04 percent to finish at 97.2 yuan (around 15.9 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in December gained 0.09 percent to end at 99.2 yuan. The March 2016 contract edged up 0.04 percent to 99.6 yuan.

The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price and set date. They allow investors to bet on and 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