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China Hushen 300 index futures close mixed Thursday

Xinhua, April 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the contract for April 2016 down 0.09 percent to finish at 3,269.2 points.

The May 2016 contract gained 0.03 percent to close at 3,233 points. The June 2016 contract rose 0.04 percent to close at 3,192 points. The September 2016 contract gained 0.23 percent to finish at 3,075 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 contracts at 3,399 points. Endi