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China treasury bond futures close lower Friday

Xinhua, December 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Friday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 closed 0.101 percent lower at 99.4 yuan (about 14.33 U.S. dollars).

The June 2017 contract closed 0.127 percent lower at 98.555 yuan. The September 2017 contract closed 0.117 percent lower at 98.02 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

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robo