(Yicai Global) Nov. 18 -- China's mainland stock markets opened slightly lower this morning after Friday's sell-off. Investors opted to sit out the dance, on tenterhooks for China and the US to iron out their differences in the later stages of their first-phase trade talks.

The Shanghai Composite Index opened 0.06 percent lower at 2,889.55. The Shenzhen Component Index moved 0.13 percent down to 9,635.81. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks Shenzhen-listed growth enterprises, started the day 0.19 percent down at 1,671.59.

Editor: Ben Armour