Off the wire
China treasury bond futures close lower  • Fresh airstrike kills 9-member family in Yemen  • FLASH: SAMSUNG SAYS TO HALT GALAXY NOTE 7 SALES DUE TO BATTERY PROBLEM  • Chinese vice premier tours Winter Olympics rail project  • World's highest glass bridge closes temporarily due to visitor numbers  • 1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close mixed Friday  • 3rd LD Writethru: 12 killed, 27 injured in suicide attack on court in Pakistan  • Alibaba launches online Australian wine store to reach Chinese consumers  • Canada looks to reinvigorate ties with Cambodia  • "Panda grandpa" celebrates birthday despite cancer  
You are here:   Home

China Hushen 300 index futures close mixed Friday

Xinhua, September 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed mixed Friday, with the contract for September 2016 up 0.05 percent to finish at 3,289 points.

The October 2016 contract added 0.03 percent to close at 3,264.4 points. The December 2016 contract closed 0.11 percent lower at 3,221 points. The March 2017 contract lost 0.03 percent to end at 3,180 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