BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.37 percent to 3,559.95 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.17 percent lower at 10,991.32 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices stood at about 1.6 trillion yuan (about 223.79 billion U.S. dollars), down from 1.94 trillion yuan the previous trading day.
Sectors such as traditional Chinese medicine, photovoltaic equipment and animal vaccines led the gains, while stocks related to military equipment suffered major losses.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.24 percent to close at 2,322.63 points Friday. ■