BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to 4,082.98 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.51 percent lower at 13,959.48 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices totaled 2.82 trillion yuan (about 402 billion U.S. dollars), down from 2.85 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.
Stocks related to the commercial aerospace sector as well as brain-computer interfaces and AI applications led the gains, while those related to insurance, securities companies, lithium mining and precious metals experienced declines.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, fell 0.82 percent to close at 3,302.31 points.
However, the STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China’s sci-tech innovation board, closed 1.14 percent higher at 1,766.57 points. ■