Chinese shares open higher Monday

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.08 percent, at 3,393.21 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.02 percent higher at 11,401.87 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.27 percent to open at 1,920.94 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)