(Yicai  Global) Feb. 14 -- China's mainland stock markets retreated this afternoon as investors appeared to lose confidence in the later session.

The  Shanghai Composite Index finished up 0.38 percent at 2,917.01, while the Shenzhen  Component Index ended 0.48 percent higher at 10,916.31. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, closed up 0.22 percent at 2,069.22 after touching 2,104.01, its highest point since December 2016, earlier in the day.