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Chinese shares open higher Thursday

Xinhua, October 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened higher Thursday after the market closed for seven days of the National Day holiday.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surged 3.38 percent to open at 3,156.07 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 3.44 percent higher at 10,332.24 points. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 3.38 percent higher at 2,153.12 points. Endi