(Yicai Global) -- Chinese stock markets closed all jumbled up in the morning. The Shenzhen market rode the coattails of a soaring Star Market, even as the Shanghai bourse slipped.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.30 percent at 2,969.81 at the lunch break. The Shenzhen Component Index climbed 0.10 percent to 9,871.23. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks Shenzhen-listed growth enterprises, rose 0.52 percent to 1,711.94.

Editor: Ben Armour