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China treasury bond futures open higher Friday

Xinhua,March 23, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Friday, with the contract for settlement in June 2018 opening 0.25 percent higher at 97.01 yuan (about 15.3 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2018 opened 0.47 percent higher at 97.25 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 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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