1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close lower Wednesday
BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 6.62 percent to 3,258.86 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 8.15 percent lower at 10,557.81 points.
The combined turnover of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses reached 2.94 trillion yuan (about 416.62 billion U.S. dollars) on Wednesday, down from 3.45 trillion yuan recorded o