Off the wire
• Shanghai stock indices close higher Friday  • Shenzhen stock indices close higher Friday  • Fifty whales dead in mass stranding in New Zealand  • 11 under quarantine after showing MERS-CoV symptoms in Philippines  • Deputy head of Heilongjiang provincial legislature expelled from CPC  • News Analysis: Balance between stability and growth key to China's economic restructuring  • Chinese sportswear brand ANTA signs NBA star Klay Thompson  • Spotlight: World cautiously welcomes Minsk deal on Ukraine crisis, calls for implementation  • Tokyo stocks end 0.37 pct lower on profit-taking, stronger yen  • Chinese stocks close higher Friday  
You are here: 　 Home

China stock index futures close higher Friday

Xinhua, February 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's stock index futures slightly increased on Friday, with the contract for February, the most actively traded, up 0.13 percent to close at 3,466 points. The March contract gained 0.08 percent to end at 3,500. The June contract went up 0.12 percent to end at 3,558. The September contract was up 0.04 percent to end at 3,583.8 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