FILE: Shanghai, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Graphic showing changes of China's stock indexes
2. Shanghai Stock Exchange building
3. Shanghai Stock Exchange sign

FILE: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of Shenzhen Stock Exchange building
5. Shenzhen Stock Exchange sign

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6. Investors looking at electronic board, computer screens showing stock information in brokerage house
7. Electronic board showing stock information
8. Investors looking at computer screens showing stock information
9. Computer screen showing stock information
10. Various of investors monitoring stock prices

Chinese shares closed lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.29 percent to settle at 3280.95 points.

The smaller Shenzhen index shed 0.88 percent to finish at 10980.55 points.

The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of mostly high-tech start-ups, lost 1.86 percent to 1829.91points.