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Chinese shares open lower Thursday

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.04 percent to open at 3,754.57 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.74 percent lower at 12,864.83.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 0.54 percent lower at 2,556.77 points. Endi