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Thursday, 5 November 2015

Chinese shares close higher on Thursday

China's stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.83 percent to close at 3,522.82 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index gained 0.46 percent to close at 11,939.81 points. But the ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.76 percent to close at 2,564.72 points.