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China treasury bond futures open lower Thursday

Xinhua, December 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened lower on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.608 percent lower at 98.140 yuan (about 14.18 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.061 percent lower at 98.225 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.200 yuan, 0.740 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

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