(Yicai Global) May 9 -- Stock markets on the Chinese mainland failed to recover early losses today after a post-lunch rebound failed to quash investors' concerns about high-level trade talks to be held between China and the US in Washington later today.

The Shanghai Composite Index was down nearly 1.5 percent at 2,850.95 when the market closed today, while the Shenzhen Component Index finished 1.4 percent lower at 8,877.31. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, closed down 0.84 percent at 1,469.48.

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