Chinese shares close higher Tuesday

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.16 percent at 3,134.57 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.73 percent higher at 10,165.22 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, ended 0.5 percent higher to close at 1,818.87 points.