China 10-year Treasury Bond Futures Open Higher Monday

China's 10-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Monday, with the contract for settlement in June 2021 opening 0.04 percent higher at 97.25 yuan (about 14.83 U.S. dollars)

BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Apr, 2021 ) :China's 10-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Monday, with the contract for settlement in June 2021 opening 0.04 percent higher at 97.25 Yuan (about 14.83 U.S. Dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2021 opened 0.05 percent higher at 96.94 yuan.

The contract for settlement in December 2021 had no trading at opening.

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 March 20, 2015.