(Yicai Global) Sept. 14 -- Though Chinese stock markets perked up after opening, the release of poor macroeconomic data piqued the main indices into a downturn.

Resource stocks continued their slide, while real estate shares shone among the top gainers.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,371.43 points, down 0.38 percent, with CNY256.7 billion exchanged.

The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 0.19 percent, to 11,070.49 points, turning over CNY329.6 billion.

The Growth Enterprise Index slipped 0.49 percent to 1,879.25 points, with turnover of 83.9 billion yuan.

China's consumer good retail sales grew 10.1 annual percentage points last month, the lowest growth since February, the National Bureau of Statistics reported today. China's value added by above-scale industry was the lowest for the second time since December 2015.

Shrinking turnover will expose Chinese markets to short-term downward pressure, analysts opined.