BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.4 percent to 3,931.05 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.76 percent lower at 12,980.82 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices stood at 1.71 trillion yuan (about 241.2 billion U.S. dollars) -- down from 1.73 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Shares related to lithium mines and property management posted significant gains, while those related to seafood and organic silicon suffered major losses.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.12 percent to close at 3,042.34 points on Thursday. ■
