Off the wire
• Taiwan's Q1 manufacturing revenue up 1.3 pct  • 1st LD Writethru: 6 police killed in checkpoint attack in N. Afghanistan  • Chinese stocks close lower Tuesday  • Urgent: 6 police killed in checkpoint attack in N. Afghanistan  • 1 soldier killed, 8 wounded in S. Philippine bomb explosion  • Tokyo shares end lower on woes in Greece  • Seoul shares end lower  • Bangladesh's apex court upholds Jamaat secretary general's death penalty  • Urgent: Chinese shares plunge over 3 pct  • Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader targeted, possibly killed by U.S. drone attack in Yemen: report  
You are here: 　 Home

China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Tuesday

Xinhua, June 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's key Hushen 300 index futures ended lower on Tuesday, with the contract for June, the most actively traded, down 3.06 percent to close at 5,069.2 points.

The July contract lost 3.11 percent to end at 5,070 points. The September contract retreated 3.16 percent to finish at 5,063 points. The December contract decreased 2.87 percent to 5,095.2 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