An investor checks stock prices at a brokerage in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, July 6, 2020. (Photo: Sipa)

BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- China's major stock indices ended higher in the morning session Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.74 percent at 3,370.23 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index went up 0.78 percent to end at 13,267.15 points at midday.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, went up 1.24 percent to 2,623.32 points in the morning session.