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China Hushen 300 index futures close lower Monday

Xinhua, April 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Monday, with the contract for May 2017 down 0.88 percent to finish at 3,408.2 points.

The June contract dropped 0.89 percent to close at 3,388.4. The September contract was down 0.86 percent to finish at 3,330.2. The December 2017 contract went down 1.64 percent to finish at 3,304.2.

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