Chinese shares close higher at midday Tuesday

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares closed higher at midday index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite index.html" target="_blank">index up 1.61 percent to close at 3,075.69 points.

The Shenzhen Component index.html" target="_blank">index went up 1.69 percent to 9,868.03 points at midday.