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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Monday

Xinhua, April 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Monday, with the contract for May down 1.15 percent to finish at 3,191.6 points.

The June contract dipped 1.3 percent to close at 3,145 points. The September contract shed 1.13 percent to close at 3,039.8 points. The December contract lost 3.72 percent to finish at 2,960 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