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China treasury bond futures open mixed Thursday

Xinhua, October 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 opened 0.005 percent lower at 101.685 yuan (about 15 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened flat at 101.405 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.005 percent lower at 101.1 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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