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China Hushen 300 index futures close higher Tuesday

Xinhua, November 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the contract for November 2016 up 0.7 percent to finish at 3,341.2 points.

The December 2016 contract went up 0.67 percent to close at 3,317.4 points. The March 2017 contract gained 0.71 percent to finish at 3,251.8 points. The June 2017 contract climbed 0.72 percent to finish at 3,188 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