(Yicai Global) July 16 --  China's mainland stock markets fell today as investors decided to wait and see ahead of the first trading day of Shanghai's new Nasdaq-style  Star Market on July 22. 

The Shanghai Composite  Index closed at 2,937.62, down 0.2 percent. The Shenzhen Component Index  dropped 0.3 percent to 9,283.41. The ChiNext Price Index, which tracks  growth enterprises in Shenzhen, finished 0.1 percent lower at 1,545.27.

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