Off the wire
• Tokyo stocks rise from bell on hopes for successful Japan-U.S. economic ties  • Dollar changes hands in upper 113 yen level in early Tokyo trade  • Chinese yuan weakens to 6.8898 against USD Monday  • Market exchange rates in China -- Feb. 13  • Leading English Premier League scorers  • Ajax honor Keizer with win over Sparta  • Czech Republic advances to Fed Cup semifinals  • Grigor Dimitrov wins ATP title in Sofia  • Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 13  • Leading goal scorers of French Ligue 1  
You are here: 　 Home

China treasury bond futures open mixed Monday

Xinhua, February 13, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Monday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.01 percent higher at 99.39 yuan (about 14.43 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.01 percent higher at 98.03 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.305 yuan, 0.026 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

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robo