Chinese shares close lower Thursday

BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.59 percent, at 3,365.5 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.5 percent lower at 10,969.13 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.66 percent to close at 1,890.38 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)