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China treasury bond futures higher Wednesday

Xinhua, July 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 up 0.084 percent higher at 101.055 yuan (about 15.11 U.S. dollars).

The December 2016 contract closed 0.144 percent higher at 100.620 yuan. The March 2017 contract closed 0.100 percent higher at 100.315 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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