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China treasury bond futures open mixed Thursday

Xinhua, February 16, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.055 percent higher at 99.360 yuan (about 14.5 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened flat at 98.120 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.460 yuan, 0.128 percent higher 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