BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.29 percent to 4,114 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.09 percent higher at 14,294.05 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices totaled 2.71 trillion yuan (about 386.86 billion U.S. dollars), down from 3.03 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Hotel, tourism and aircraft manufacturing stocks led the gains, while the electronic information and financial sectors suffered major losses.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.7 percent to close at 3,337.61 points Monday.
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 0.21 percent lower at 1,851.07 points on Monday. ■
