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China treasury bond futures close higher Friday

Xinhua, June 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Friday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 closed 0.179 percent higher at 100.885 yuan (about 15.34 U.S. dollars).

The December 2016 contract closed 0.194 percent higher at 100.580 yuan. The March 2017 contract closed 0.220 percent higher at 100.250 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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