China stock index futures close lower Wednesday

China's stock index futures closed lower on Wednesday, with the contract for May, the most actively traded, down 0.11 percent to close at 2,185 points.

The June contract went down 0.09 percent to end at 2,170.4 points. The September contract lost by 0.12 percent to end at 2,152 points, while the December contract shed by 0.06 percent to 2,168 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.