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China treasury bond futures close higher Thursday

Xinhua, September 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 closed 0.01 percent higher at 101.62 yuan (about 15.24 U.S. dollars).

The March 2017 contract closed 0.01 percent higher at 101.325 yuan. The June 2017 contract closed 0.02 percent higher at 101.03 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