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China treasury bond futures open lower Thursday

Xinhua, January 19, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened lower on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.126 percent lower at 99 yuan (about 14.43 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.112 percent lower at 98.13 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.555 yuan, 0.108 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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