(Yicai Global) Sept. 11 -- Stock markets on China's mainland ended up higher overall in morning trade as bargain-hunters scooped up recently pummeled growth stocks, but investors as a whole remained skittish.

The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, rebounded 0.56 percent to 2,497.01 at the lunch break, while Shanghai's Nasdaq-like Star Market Board 50 Index, or Star 50, was up 0.49 percent at 1,286.46.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.21 percent at 3,228.01, while the Shenzhen Component Index was barely stirring, up a mere 0.09 percent to 12,753.98.

Editor: Ben Armour