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BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) - Chinese stocks closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.02 percent, at 2,890.03 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.53 percent lower at 11,192.27 points.  

The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.58 percent to close at 2,219.55 points Monday.