China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with the contract for March 2019 closing 0.04 percent higher at 98.69 yuan (about 14.3 U.S. dollars).
The contract for settlement in June 2019 closed 0.07 percent lower at 98.7 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2019 had no trading.
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.
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