(Yicai Global) Aug. 27 -- Stock markets on the Chinese mainland opened higher this morning ahead of the MSCI's plans to raise the weighting of all mainland large caps in its indexes after today's close.

The Shanghai Composite Index opened at 2879.52, up 0.56 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.68 percent to 9,333.10, and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, started up 0.69 percent at 1,611.90.