BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.98 percent, at 2,977.08 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.01 percent lower at 9,781.14 points. 

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.22 percent to close at 1,684.32 points Monday.