BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 2.48 percent to open at 2,677.59 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 3.16 percent lower at 9,828.9 points.  

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 3.07 percent to open at 1,856.3 points Monday.