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China stock index futures close higher Wednesday

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's stock index futures closed higher on Wednesday, with the contract for February, the most actively traded, up 4.16 percent to close at 3,546 points.

The March contract went up 4.08 percent to end at 3,581 points. The June contract gained 4.3 percent to finish at 3,650 points. The September contract closed 4.43 percent higher at 3,690 points.

The stock-index contracts, agreements to buy or sell the Hushen 300 Index at a preset value on an agreed date, are designed to allow investors to bet on and profit from either gains or declines in the market.

The index futures was launched at the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points. Endi