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China treasury bond futures close higher Wednesday

Xinhua,November 29, 2017 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in December 2017 closing 0.38 percent higher at 96.12 yuan (about U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in March 2018 closed 0.41 percent higher at 96.54 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2018 closed 0.08 percent higher at 96.70 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. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)