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Chinese shares open lower Thursday

Xinhua, May 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.71 percent to open at 3,082.33 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component index opened 0.74 percent lower at 9,955.86 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.85 percent to open at 1,807.18 points. Endi