Chinese shares close higher Wednesday

Chinese stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.18 percent to 3,946.74 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed flat at 13,080.09 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, rose 0.25 percent to close at 3,076.85 points Wednesday.

The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and other indices, reflects the performance of stocks listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Chinese shares close higher Wednesday

The Chinese foreign exchange market recorded transactions worth 24.34 trillion yuan (about 3.44 trillion U.S. dollars) in November this year, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Friday.

The data showed that the forex market saw cumulative transactions of 276.41 trillion yuan (about 38.65 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of the year.

China's foreign exchange market transactions total 3.44 trln U.S. dollars in November