Chinese shares mixed at midday Thursday

BEIJING – Chinese stocks closed mixed on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.22 percent at 3,594.78 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.05 percent lower at 14,444.86 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.17 percent to close at 3,279.49 points Thursday.

The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and other indices, reflects the performance of stocks listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.