Chinese shares close lower Tuesday

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.3 percent, at 3,203.04 points.

The smaller Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.36 percent lower at 10,467.71 points. The ChiNext Index, China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.07 percent to close at 1,783.91 points.

(This article is generated by Xinhua News Robot.)