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China treasury bond futures open mixed Friday

Xinhua, October 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Friday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 opening 0.059 percent higher at 102.155 yuan (about 15.15 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened 0.015 percent lower at 101.800 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened at 101.540 yuan,remaining flat with the previous close.

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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