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Chinese stocks close lower on Wednesday

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese shares closed lower on Wednesday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.06 percent to close at 3,886.32 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index edged down 1.55 percent to close at 13,117.1. The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 2.84 percent to end at 2,622.19. Endi