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China Hushen 300 index futures open higher Wednesday

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's key Hushen 300 index futures opened higher on Wednesday, as the contract for settlement in June 2016 opened 0.96 percent higher at 3,053.6 points.

The July 2016 contract opened 1.68 percent higher at 3,037 points. The September 2016 contract opened 0.51 percent higher at 2,934 points. The December 2016 contract opened 0.81 percent higher at 2,878 points.

The stock-index contracts, agreements to buy or sell the blue-chip Hushen 300 Index at a present 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 were launched at the China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points. Enditem.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robo