1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close higher Monday

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.68 percent to 3,322.20 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.62 percent higher at 10,685.89 points.

The combined turnover of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses stood at 1.86 trillion yuan (about 260.84 billion U.S. dollars) -- up from 1.77 trillion yuan recorded on the previous tra