Chinese shares close higher on Tuesday

Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 3.29 percent, to close at 2,836.57 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index closed 3.89 percent higher at 10,045.37 points, Xinhua reported.

The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 4.02 percent to close at 2,201.93 points.