Chinese stocks closed slightly higher on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.32 percent, or 6.5 points, to finish at 2,033.19. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8,310.94, up 1.33 percent, or 109.41 points. Combined turnover contracted further to 89.45 billion yuan (14.2 billion U.S. dollars) from 96.32 billion yuan on the previous trading day. Gainers outnumbered losers by 616 to 296 in Shanghai, and by 1,000 to 425 in Shenzhen. Southwest China's Sichuan province announced Monday the launch of 2,242 major projects, including water conservation, agriculture and transportation projects, with investments amounting to 3.67 trillion yuan. The news gave a boost to infrastructure-related shares, with cement and machinery leading the gains. Sichuan Shuangma Cement Co., Ltd surged by the daily limit of 10 percent to end the day at 7.26 yuan per share. Property shares climbed on Monday. Poly Real Estate, the country's second-largest property developer, moved up 2.74 percent from the previous trading day to close at 10.12 yuan. Bucking the trend, gold-related shares declined. Shanghai Laofengxiang Co. Ltd went down 3.35 percent to 22.79 yuan per share.