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Chinese shares drop on Tuesday

Xinhua, April 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.79 percent at 3,196.71 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.38 percent lower at 10,411.44 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, ended 1.07 percent lower to close at 1,848.20 points. Endi