Chinese stocks opened higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.17 percent, at 3,130.53 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.22 percent higher at 10,845.62 points. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.08 percent to open at 2,192.02 points.

Source : XINHUA