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BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the September 2017 contract closing higher at 97.9 yuan (14.4 U.S. dollars).
The December 2017 contract closed 0.14 percent higher at 97.9 yuan, while the March 2018 contract closed 0.25 percent lower at 97.6 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.
(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)
