Chinese shares open lower Tuesday

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.12 percent, at 3,376.6 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.15 percent lower at 11,289.02 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.17 percent to open at 1,895.44 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)