BEIJING -- China's five-year treasury bond futures opened higher on Monday, with contract for settlement in September 2015 opened 0.01 percent higher at 98 yuan (around 16 U.S. dollars).
The contract for settlement in December 2015 opened 0.06 percent higher at 99.7 yuan, and the June contract had no trading at the opening.
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 and started trading on Sept. 6, 2013.
