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China treasury bond futures open lower Tuesday

Xinhua, February 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened lower on Tuesday, with the contract for settlement in March 2017 opening 0.07 percent lower at 99.89 yuan (about 14.5 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.01 percent lower at 98.795 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.895 yuan, 0.128 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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