Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS): Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.89 percent at 2,711.16 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index opened 1.19 percent lower at 9,309.87 points, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.41 percent to open at 1,969.31 points.