Hong Kong stocks close 0.49 pct lower

HONG KONG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 137.12 points, or 0.49 percent, to 27,790.46 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,659.21 and 28,051.65. Turnover totaled 83.97 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 10.70 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem