(Yicai Global) Sept. 22 -- China's benchmark stock indexes ended the morning session mixed as a late morning rally in securities' shares helped to counter the overall declining trend as the mainland bourses followed the European and US markets downwards.

The securities sector gained 2.39 percent in morning trading.

The Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.12 percent to 3,312.88 by the lunch break, while the Shenzhen Component Index nudged up 0.26 percent to 13,184.34. The ChiNext, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, rose slightly by 0.88 percent to 2,591.95.

Editor: Kim Taylor