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BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures closed lower on Friday, with the contract for settlement in June 2017 down 0.15 percent to 98.305 yuan (14.26 U.S. dollars).
The September contract closed 0.13 percent lower at 97.925 yuan. The December contract ended 0.1 percent lower at 97.575 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.
