Beijing, Mar 14 (IANS): Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.7 percent, at 2,830.08 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index opened 1.1 percent higher at 9,466.42 points, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, rose 1.41 percent to open at 1,962.11 points.