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China treasury bond futures open mixed Thursday

Xinhua, March 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Thursday.

The contract for settlement in March 2017 has no trading.

The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened 0.061 percent lower at 98.500 yuan (14.32 U.S. dollars). The contract for settlement in September 2017 opened at 97.850 yuan, 0.015 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