China's stock index futures closed mixed on Wednesday, with contract for March, the most actively traded, up 0.1 percent from the previous trading day to close at 2,085.8 points.

The April contract rose 0.01 percent to end at 2,078.2 points. The June contract lost 0.1 percent to end at 2,067.4 points, while the September contract went down 0.4 percent to 2,054.4 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. Endi

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