On March 24, the March contract for the Hang Seng Index night session commenced trading at 24,952 points. As of 17:15 Beijing time, the March night contract was quoted at 24,884 points, down 77 points or 0.308%, representing a discount of 180 points to the spot index. Trading volume stood at 266 contracts. The total number of open contracts reached 193,147, with net open contracts reported at 48,711.