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China treasury bond futures open lower Friday

Xinhua, April 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened lower on Friday, with the contract for settlement in June 2016 opened 0.055 percent lower at 100.625 yuan (about 16.44 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2016 opened 0.08 percent lower at 99.755 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 2016 opened 0.071 percent lower at 99.120 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

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