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China treasury bond futures close mixed Thursday

Xinhua,January 05, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March closing 0.04 percent lower at 96.25 yuan (14.8 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June closed 0.07 percent lower at 96.55 yuan. The contract for settlement in September closed 0.44 percent higher at 96.8 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.)