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China treasury bond futures close mixed Thursday

Xinhua, December 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2016 down 0.01percent to close at 100.24 yuan (15.48 U.S. dollars).

The June 2016 contract gained 0.02 percent to close at 100.115 yuan. The September 2016 contract climbed 0.02 percent to 100.13 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