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China treasury bond futures close lower Friday

Xinhua, November 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Friday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 closed 0.099 percent lower at 101.225 yuan (about U.S. dollars).

The March 2017 contract closed 0.139 percent lower at 100.405 yuan. The June 2017 contract closed 0.110 percent lower at 100.030 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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