Chinese shares close higher Tuesday

BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.39 percent to 3,457.75 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.11 percent higher at 10,476.29 points.

The combined turnover of these two indices stood at 1.47 trillion yuan (about 205.5 billion U.S. dollars), down from 1.51 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.

Shares in the sectors of shipbuilding and biopharmaceuticals led the gains, while those related to textile machinery and electronic information suffered the most.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.24 percent to close at 2,147.92 points Tuesday. ■