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China treasury bond futures open mixed Tuesday

Xinhua, October 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Tuesday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 opening 0.049 percent lower at 101.900 yuan (about 15.05 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened flat at 101.6 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2017 also opened flat at 101.3 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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