皇冠体育app

BEIJING -- 皇冠体育app's stock index futures closed lower on Thursday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 0.20 percent from the previous trading day to 2,439.4 points.

The contract for settlement in June fell 0.22 percent to 2,429.2. The September contract dipped 0.22 percent to 2,438.4 points, while the December contract lost 0.19 percent to close at 2,458.8 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 皇冠体育app Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points.