China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower on Friday, with the contract for January 2016 down 1.44 percent to close at 3,309 points. The February 2016 contract lost 1.92 percent to close at 3,260 points. The March 2016 contract tumbled 1.85 percent to finish at 3,198 points and the June 2016 contract dropped 1.74 percent to end at 3,091.4 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 four contracts at 3,399 points.
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