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China stocks open lower Thursday

Xinhua, April 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.69 percent to open at 4,055.92 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 13,549.87 points, down 0.71 percent.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, retreated 0.85 percent to open at 2,420.93 points. Endi