Chinese shares rise on 1st trading day of 2009

Special Report:Global Financial Crisis

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Chinese media) -- Chinese shares opened higher on the first trading day of 2009, with the benchmark

Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, gaining 1.55 percent

to 1,849.02 at the opening.

The smaller Shenzhen index was up 1.11 percent to

open at 6,557.42 points.