BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.62 percent, at 3,456.68 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.85 percent higher at 13,888.44 points.

The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices stood at 749.34 billion yuan (about 114.16 billion U.S. dollars), down from 757.85 billion yuan on the previous trading day.

Aircraft makers and shipbuilding firms saw strong performance, while shares related to environmental protection dipped as investors took profit.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 1.37 percent to close at 2,771.32 points Tuesday.