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1st LD: Chinese shares close lower Thursday

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese shares closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plunging 3.67 percent to finish at 4,785.36 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index slumped 3.85 percent to close at 16,734.84 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, dived 6.33 percent to end at 3,504.55 points. Endi