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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower on Thursday

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Thursday, with the contract for September, the most actively traded, down 0.68 percent to close at 3,240.6 points.

The October contract dropped 0.78 percent to close at 3,118 points and the December contract lost 0.90 percent to 2,936 points. The March 2016 contract dipped 1.41 percent to 2,863 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