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China treasury bond futures close higher Thursday

Xinhua, December 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2016 up 0.14percent to close at 100.96 yuan (15.59 U.S. dollars).

The June 2016 contract gained 0.18 percent to close at 100.845 yuan. The September 2016 contract rose 0.12 percent to 100.8 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