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Chinese shares open lower Wednesday

Xinhua, August 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 2.7 percent to open at 3,646.8 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 2.8 percent lower at 12,328.6.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 3.04 percent lower at 2,427.94 points. Endi