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China treasury bond futures close mixed Friday

Xinhua,April 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Friday, with the contract for June 2018 closing 0.02 percent lower at 97.95 yuan (about 15.6 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2018 closed 0.03 percent higher at 97.89 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 2018 closed 0.1 percent lower at 97.83 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.)