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China treasury bond futures close mixed Wednesday

Xinhua, September 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in September up 0.06 percent to finish at 98 yuan (15.4 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in December lost 0.21 percent to end at 99 yuan. The March 2016 contract was down 0.25 percent to 99 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