Regulator: China to launch stock index futures in early 2007

BEIJING, October 25 (CEIS) China Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Shang Fulin said on October 24 that China will launch stock index futures trading at the beginning of 2007.

BEIJING, October 25 (CEIS) China Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Shang Fulin said on October 24 that China will launch stock index futures trading at the beginning of 2007.

Industry insiders hold that the move will encourage long-term investment of institutional investors as it will enable the investors also to make profit when share prices fall.

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Publication: China Economic Information Service
Provider: Xinhua News Agency
Date: October 25, 2006