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China treasury bond futures close mixed Wednesday

Xinhua, January 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 closed 0.010 percent higher at 99.100 yuan (about 14.47 U.S. dollars).

The June 2017 contract closed 0.031 percent higher at 98.230 yuan. The September 2017 contract closed 0.020 percent lower at 97.625 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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