China stock index futures close 0.6% lower - Aug 22
Updated: 2012-08-22 16:38
(Xinhua)
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BEIJING -- China's stock index futures closed lower Wednesday with the contract for September, the most actively traded, down 0.6 percent from the previous trading day to 2,309.8 points.
The October contract fell 0.6 percent to close at 2,335 points. The December contract dropped 0.66 percent to 2,346.4 points, while the March 2013 contract lost 0.6 percent to finish at 2,385.2 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 both gains and declines in the market.
The index futures was 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.
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