BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.63 percent, at 3,316.94 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.72 percent lower at 13,149.5 points. 

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.03 percent to close at 2,569.22 points Monday.