(Yicai  Global) March 18 -- China's mainland stock markets opened higher this  morning as the overnight surges in the US markets seemed to have spread  across the seas. 

The  Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.46 percent higher to 2,792.32. The  Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.90 percent to 10,294.96. The ChiNext  Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, gained  1.23 percent to 1,941.30.

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