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China treasury bond futures open mixed Tuesday

Xinhua, November 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Tuesday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 opening 0.039 percent higher at 101.555 yuan (about 14.84 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened 0.025 percent higher at 100.8 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened at 100.405 yuan, 0.015 percent lower from 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

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot