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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Monday

Xinhua, December 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Monday, with the contract for settlement in January 2017 down 0.51 percent to finish at 3,299 points.

The February 2017 contract lost 1.12 percent to close at 3,278.8 points. The March 2017 contract fell 0.57 percent to finish at 3,254 points. The June 2017 contract went down 0.75 percent to end at 3,194.2 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