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China Hushen 300 index futures open higher Monday

Xinhua,May 07, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Hushen 300 index futures opened higher on Monday, as the contract for settlement in May 2018 opened 0.57 percent higher at 3,787.80 points.

The June 2018 contract opened 0.63 percent higher at 3,774.00 points. The September 2018 contract opened 0.33 percent higher at 3,725.00 points. The December 2018 contract opened 0.22 percent higher at 3,704.60 points.

The stock-index contracts, agreements to buy or sell the blue-chip 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 were launched at the China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points. Enditem

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)