BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.45 percent to end at 3,368.74 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index rose 3.56 percent to close at 11,305.1 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 4.84 percent to close at 2,458.14 points.










