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China treasury bond futures open mixed Tuesday

Xinhua, March 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Tuesday. The contract for settlement in March 2016 saw no trading at the opening.

The contract for settlement in June 2016 opened at 100.1 yuan, down 0.1 percent from the last trading day. The contract for settlement in September 2016 opened unchanged at 99.8 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