(Yicai Global) Oct. 31 -- China's mainland stock markets crept back after opening higher this morning to close in jumbled fashion at the lunch break.

The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.09 percent to 2,936.64. The Shenzhen Component Index wavered at 9,683.34, up 0.02 percent and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises in Shenzhen, fell 0.12 percent to 1,682.10.

Editor: Ben Armour