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Chinese shares close lower Tuesday

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.64 percent, at 2,999.36 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index closed 0.48 percent lower at 10,344.08 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, dipped 0.24 percent to close at 2,221.7 points. Endi