BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's treasury bond futures opened higher on Wednesday, with contract for settlement in March opening 0.238 yuan higher at 92.61 yuan (15.13 U.S. dollars).
The June contract opened 0.09 yuan higher at 93.102 yuan, while the September contract opened 0.062 yuan higher at 93.356 yuan.
The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price and set date. They allow investors to bet on or profit from the movements in the value of the bonds.
The treasury bond futures were launched at the Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) and started trading on Sept. 6, 2013.
The CFFEX set the base value for the December 2013 contract at 94.168 yuan, the March 2014 contract at 94.188 yuan and the June 2014 contract at 94.218 yuan.
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