Chinese shares close lower Friday

BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.8 percent, at 3,266.14 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.01 percent lower at 10,998.12 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.58 percent to close at 1,783.97 points. 

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)