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China treasury bond futures close lower Wednesday

Xinhua, March 29, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in June 2017 closing 0.02 percent lower at 99.205 yuan (about 14.4 U.S. dollars).

The September 2017 contract closed 0.05 percent lower at 98.610 yuan. The December 2017 contract closed 0.06 percent lower at 98.100 yuan.

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. Endi