BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Hushen 300 index futures opened mixed on Monday, as the contract for settlement in February 2019 opened 0.01 percent lower at 3,250 points.
The March 2019 contract opened 0.13 percent higher at 3,259 points.The June 2019 contract opened 0.07 percent lower at 3,242 points. The September 2019 contract opened 0.03 percent higher at 3,223 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.
(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)
