1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close lower Thursday

BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.05 percent to 3,169.38 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.74 percent lower at 9,891.76 points.

The combined turnover of the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses reached 1.49 trillion yuan (about 209.4 billion U.S. dollars), up from 1.38 trillion yuan recorded on the previous tradin