Off the wire
• Surging Raptors dominate Sixers to win fourth straight  • NBA results  • NBA standing  • China's HK, ASEAN should strengthen ties to expand offshore RMB business: K C Chan  • Chinese shares close higher Monday  • 19 militants killed in eastern Afghan province  • Education provided in China's southernmost Sansha City  • Tokyo shares plunge on declined oil prices  • 1st Ld: China unveils new regulations on maps  • Over 725,000 people evacuated as Typhoon Melor makes landfall in C. Philippines  
You are here: 　 Home

China treasury bond futures close lower Monday

Xinhua, December 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Monday, with the contract for settlement in March 2016 down 0.19 percent to close at 100.09 yuan (15.52 U.S. dollars).

The June 2016 contract lost 0.19 percent to close at 99.92 yuan. The September 2016 contract dipped 0.11 percent to 100 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