Chinese shares close lower Wednesday
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BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.18 percent, at 3,017.04 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.11 percent lower at 10,294.66 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.51 percent to close at 1,792.42 points.