Chinese shares close higher Wednesday

BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.05 percent to 4,085.77 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.06 percent higher at 14,030.56 points.

The combined turnover of these two indices totaled 2.85 trillion yuan (about 406 billion U.S. dollars), up from 2.83 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.

Stocks related to commercial spaceflight, coal and semiconductor led the gains, while those related to brain-computer interfaces experienced declines.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.31 percent to close at 3,329.69 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 1.53 percent higher at 1,746.72 points. ■