On March 12, the March futures contract for the Hang Seng Index opened at 25,680 points during the night session. As of 17:15 Beijing time, the March contract was trading at 25,665 points, down 35 points or 0.136%, representing a discount of 52 points to the spot index. Trading volume stood at 140 contracts. The total number of open positions reached 130,405 contracts, while the net open interest was reported at 37,667 contracts.