China stock index futures mixed Thursday
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China's stock index futures closed higher Thursday with the contract for August, the most actively traded, down 0.08 percent from the previous trading day to end at 2,876.8 points.
The September contract added 0.04 percent to 2,890.4 points. The December contract was up 0.04 percent to 2,928.6 points, and the March 2011 contract rose 0.14 percent to 2,969.6 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 (CFFEX) 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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