BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Hushen 300 index futures closed higher on Thursday, with the contract for June 2017 up 2.54 percent to finish at 3,486 points.
The July 2017 contract climbed 2.74 percent to close at 3,458.2 points. The September 2017 contract went up 2.57 percent to finish at 3,419 points. The December 2017 contract rose 2.69 percent to finish at 3,390 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.
