China stock index futures fall 1% -- Sept 4

BEIJING -- China's stock index futures all dropped more than 1 percent on Tuesday as concerns over growth in the world's second-largest economy linger.

The contract for September, the most actively traded, lost 1.07 percent from the previous trading day to 2,210.8 points.

The October contract moved down 1.04 percent to close at 2,224 points. The December contract declined 1.08 percent to 2,248.6 points, while the March 2013 contract dropped 1.02 percent to finish at 2,282.4 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 both gains and declines in the market.

The index futures was launched at the China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points.