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China 2-year treasury bond futures close mixed Monday

Xinhua | Updated: 2020-08-03 17:10

A bank staff counts Chinese currency renminbi banknotes at a bank in Linyi, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - China's two-year treasury bond futures closed mixed on Monday, with the contract for September 2020 closing 0.04 percent higher at 100.76 yuan ($14.4).

The contract for settlement in December 2020 closed 0.03 percent higher at 100.56 yuan. The contract for settlement in March 2021 closed flat at 100.3 yuan.

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 Aug 17, 2018.

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