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BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 opening 0.044 percent higher at 102.010 yuan (about 15.16 U.S. dollars).
The contract for settlement in March 2017 opened 0.044 percent higher at 101.745 yuan. The contract for settlement in June 2017 opened at 101.500 yuan, 0.074 percent higher from the previous close.
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.)
