BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.07 percent to open at 3,344.46 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.5 percent higher at 13,789.29 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.9 percent to open at 2,705.76 points.