Off the wire
• China Hushen 300 index futures close mixed Thursday  • Regulators investigate second potential Tesla autopilot crash in U.S.  • Sri Lanka, India agree to increase trade, investment  • Urgent: India sends security experts to Bangladesh to probe terror attacks  • SPC official urges higher IPR infringement compensation  • Brazil's health minister assures Olympic guests of "minimal" Zika risks  • Singapore bank closed due to suspected robbery  • Chinese shares close lower Thursday  • Japan's key economic gauge drops for 1st time in 3 months in May, gov't says economy is "pausing"  • Japan keen to buy more Bruneian oil  
You are here: 　 Home

China treasury bond futures higher Thursday

Xinhua, July 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 closed 0.134 percent higher at 101.215 yuan (about 15.3 U.S. dollars).

The December 2016 contract closed 0.109 percent higher at 100.74 yuan. The March 2017 contract closed 0.09 percent higher at 100.425 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