BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.59 percent to 3,707.48 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 2.43 percent lower at 11,816.79 points.
Turnover of stocks covered by these two indices totaled about 1.63 trillion yuan (around 242.36 billion U.S. dollars), up from 1.41 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Stocks related to liquor and securities led the gains, while those in sectors such as computing hardware, semiconductor chips, coal, and oil and gas, saw the biggest declines.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 2.92 percent to close at 2,783.17 points on Thursday.
The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 2.76 percent lower on Thursday at 1,586.88 points. ■
