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China Hushen 300 index futures open higher Thursday

Xinhua, August 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's key Hushen 300 index futures opened higher on Thursday, as the contract for settlement in August 2016 opened 0.04 percent higher at 3,166.2 points.

The September 2016 contract opened 0.01 percent higher at 3,141.6 points. The December 2016 contract opened 0.28 percent higher at 3,099 points. The March 2017 contract opened 1.47 percent higher at 3100 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