BEIJING - China's stocks closed lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.63 percent, to close at 2,763.49 points.
The smaller Shenzhen index closed 1.22 percent lower at 9,673.48 points. The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 1.39 percent to close at 2,096.99 points.