Chinese shares open higher Friday

BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks opened higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.37 percent, at 3,192.04 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index opened 0.59 percent higher at 10,789.77 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, was up 0.77 percent to open at 1,840.87 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)