BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.61 percent to finish at 2,961.52 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.52 percent lower at 11,752.36.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.42 percent to close at 2,372.54 points.

China's Hushen 300 index futures closed lower, with the contract for July 2020 down 0.55 percent to finish at 4,078 points.