Off the wire
• 1st LD: Tokyo stocks plunge 2.69 pct as BOJ stays pat  • Feature: Vietnam Marks 40th anniversary of Liberation Day, National Reunification with reflection, pride  • Largest banks Q1 profits wane  • 1st LD: Car bomb rocks S. Afghan town  • Nepal's Constituent Assembly reschedules next session for May 8  • Chinese shares close lower Thursday  • Women's doubles quarter-final results at table tennis worlds  • Urgent: Car bomb rocks S. Afghan town  • FLASH: CAR BOMB ROCKS S. AFGHANISTAN, CASUALTIES FEARED -- OFFICIAL  • Thailand, Japan to sign rail projects next month  
You are here: 　 Home

China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Thursday

Xinhua, April 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's key Hushen 300 index futures ended lower on Thursday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 0.25 percent to close at 4,767.8 points.

The June contract lost 0.2 percent to end at 4,772.6 points. The September contract slipped 0.21 percent to finish at 4,772 points. The December contract dropped 0.14 percent to end at 4,820.6 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