Hong Kong stocks close 1.48 pct lower

HONG KONG, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 466.210 points, or 1.48 percent, to 30,965.68 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,930.1 and 31,195.27. Turnover totaled 120.60 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 15.41 billion U.S. dollars).