China treasury bond futures close mixed Wednesday

China's treasury bond futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in September up 0.044 yuan to close at 94.520 yuan (15.34 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in December fell by 0.002 yuan to close at 94.882 yuan while the contract for March 2015 also dipped 0.196 yuan to finish at 95.116.

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 (CFFEX) and started trading on Sept. 6, 2013.

The CFFEX set the base value for the December 2013 contract at 94.168 yuan, the March 2014 contract at 94.188 yuan and the June 2014 contract at 94.218 yuan.