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China treasury bond futures close higher Wednesday

Xinhua,May 30, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed higher on Wednesday, with the contract for June 2018 closing 0.09 percent higher at 97.785 yuan (about 15.23 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2018 closed 0.04 percent higher at 97.85 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 2018 closed 0.06 percent higher at 97.93 yuan.

The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price on a 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

 

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