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Chinese shares close lower Thursday

Xinhua, May 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese stocks closed lower Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.25 percent to end the day at 3,127.37 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.36 percent lower at 10,147.44 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, ended 0.13 percent lower to close at 1,838.10 points. Endi