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China treasury bond futures open mixed Friday

Xinhua,January 12, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Friday, with the contract for settlement in March 2018 opening flat at 96.05 yuan (about 14.8 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2018 opened 0.03 percent higher at 96.37 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2018 had no trading at opening.

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.)

 

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