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China treasury bond futures close lower Tuesday

Xinhua, October 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Tuesday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 closing 0.025 percent lower at 101.77 yuan (about 15 U.S. dollars).

The March 2017 contract closed 0.034 percent lower at 101.475 yuan. The June 2017 contract closed 0.03 percent lower at 101.18 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 Robot.)