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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Monday

Xinhua, December 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Monday, with the contract for December 2016 down 2.5 percent to finish at 3,390.4 points.

The January 2017 contract lost 2.6 percent to close at 3,363 points. The March 2017 contract was down 2.75 percent to finish at 3,317.2 points. The June 2017 contract went down 2.91 percent to finish at 3,253 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. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)