China's futures, options varieties expand to 101 in tally

BEIJING -- The tally of Chinese futures and options investment varieties has expanded to 101 with the debuts of two new options on Friday, according to the China Futures Association.

China on Friday started trading of the peanut option and the rapeseed oil option on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, bringing the tally of commodity option varieties to 25.

Besides, the country has 64 commodity futures varieties, 7 financial futures varieties and 5 financial option varieties.

A total of 70 investment varieties have been listed on China's futures market since late 2012, a marked increase compared with previous decades.

Current futures market investment varieties generally cover the major fields of the country's economic development, such as nonferrous metals, iron and steel, and energy.