Chinese stocks ended lower in the morning session Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 2.00 percent, at 2,970.63 points.

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The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.74 percent lower at 11,567.77 points.

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, fell 1.96 percent to close at 2,219.51 points.