Chinese stocks close lower
Chinese shares continued to head south on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dipping 2.67 percent to end at 3,114.80 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index lost 6.55 percent to close at 9,778.23 points, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, lost 7.49 percent to close at 1,906.21 points.