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China treasury bond futures close mixed Wednesday

Xinhua, December 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in March 2016 down 0.04 percent to close at 100.785 yuan (about 15.53 U.S. dollars).

The June 2016 contract lost 0.03 percent to close at 100.67 yuan. The September 2016 contract gained 0.01 percent to 100.715 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