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China treasury bond futures open higher Friday

Xinhua, April 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher Friday. The contract for settlement in June 2016 opened 0.05 percent higher at 100.54 yuan (about 16.43 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2016 opened 0.06 percent higher at 99.505 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 2016 opened 0.1 percent higher at 99.01 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. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Rob