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China treasury bond futures close higher Tuesday

Xinhua, May 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the contract for settlement in June 2016 closed 0.119 percent higher at 101.07 yuan (15.5 U.S. dollars).

The September 2016 contract closed 0.15 percent higher at 100.355 yuan. The December 2016 contract closed 0.141 percent higher at 99.69 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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