Hong Kong stocks close 0.42 pct higher

HONG KONG, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 128.07 points, or 0.42 percent, to 30,451.27 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,251.32 and 30,739.11. Turnover totaled 149.10 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 19.07 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem