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China treasury bond futures close lower Wednesday

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 closed 0.035 percent lower at 100.865 yuan (about 15.5 U.S. dollars).

The December 2016 contract closed 0.119 percent lower at 100.455 yuan. The March 2017 contract closed 0.085 percent lower at 100.265 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 Robo