China treasury bond futures close mixed Thursday

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the contract for settlement in March 2015 up 0.02 percent to finish at 96.438 yuan (15.76 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in June 2015 closed flat at 96.924 yuan. The contract for settlement in September 2015 lost 0.11 percent to finish at 97.186 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.