Chinese stocks open higher on Monday

Chinese stocks opened higher on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.12 percent to open at 3,786.03 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.97 percent higher at 12,877.31 points, Xinhua news agency reported.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, opened 1.15 percent higher at 2,606.74 points.