Off the wire
• Chinese yuan weakens to 6.8819 against USD Friday  • Market exchange rates in China -- Feb. 10  • Chinese shares open mixed Friday  • Sexual orientation plays no part in mental health risk: Aust'n study  • Chapecoense to play friendly in Peru  • Aust'n researchers prevent progression of diabetic kidney disease for first time  • Tokyo shares open higher in expectations of Trump's tax reform plan  • Brazil and Argentina to play friendly in Australia  • Australia braces for bushfires as heat wave intensifies  • Australian police seize drugs, guns, jewels in crime gang bust  
You are here: 　 Home

China treasury bond futures open lower Friday

Xinhua, February 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened lower on Friday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.045 percent lower at 99.275 yuan (about 14.43 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.025 percent lower at 98.095 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 had no trading at opening.

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