Chinese shares open higher Tuesday

Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.31 percent, at 3,026.16 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.3 percent higher at 10,243.57 points, reports Xinhua.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.52 percent to open at 2,117.25 points.