Chinese shares open mixed Friday

Chinese stocks opened mixed on Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.02 percent to open at 2,998.4 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.01 percent lower at 10,473.3 points. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.11 percent to open at 2,226.44 points, Xinhua reported.

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