BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.71 percent to open at 2,761.90 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.77 percent lower at 10,161.94 points.  

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was down 0.78 percent to open at 1,922.79 points Thursday.