China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in December 2016 closing flat at 101.465 yuan (about 15.2 U.S. dollars).

The March 2017 contract closed 0.005 percent lower at 101.155 yuan. The June 2017 contract closed 0.059 percent lower at 100.845 yuan.

The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price and 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.

Source : XINHUA