Chinese shares open mixed on Thursday

Chinese stocks opened mixed on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.08 percent to open at 3,469.81 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.01 percent higher at 12,180.77 points, Xinhua news agency reported.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.1 percent to open at 2,665.28 points.