Chinese shares close higher Monday

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.61 percent, at 3,273.03 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.64 percent higher at 10,505.04 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.13 percent to close at 1,736.3 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)