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China treasury bond futures open higher Thursday

Xinhua, August 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in September 2016 opened 0.113 percent higher at 101.91 yuan (about 15.3 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in December 2016 opened 0.044 percent higher at 101.395 yuan. The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened 0.099 percent higher at 101.135 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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