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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Wednesday

Xinhua, May 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's key Hushen 300 index futures ended lower on Wednesday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 0.34 percent to close at 4,582 points.

The June contract lost 0.54 percent to end at 4,571 points. The September contract dropped 0.55 percent to finish at 4,566.8 points. The December contract went down 0.75 percent to end at 4,600 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