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Chinese stocks close higher Thursday

Xinhua, March 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.78 percent to finish at 3,349.32 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index went up 0.96 percent to close at 11,635.59 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.87 percent to end at 2,018.13 points. Endi