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Chinese shares open lower on Wednesday

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.19 percent to open at 3,881.23 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.91 percent lower at 13,201.54.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 1.48 percent lower at 2,658.84 points. Endi