Beijing, April 16 (IANS): Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.69 percent to open at 4,055.92 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index opened at 13,549.87 points, down 0.71 percent, reported Xinhua.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, retreated 0.85 percent to open at 2,420.93 points.