HONG KONG, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks lost 147.22 points, or 0.66 percent, to finish at 22,269.45 on Thursday, tracking losses on peripheral markets.

    The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened up 131.36 points, or 0.59 percent, at 22,548.03. Local shares traded between 22,548.03 and 22,169.61 before closing, with the turnover falling to 79.17 billion HK dollars from Wednesday's 91.33 billion HK dollars.

    The China Enterprises Index went down 173.01 points, or 1.31 percent, to close at 13,073.20 points.

    The four major stock categories ended mixed. The commerce and industry sub-index dropped 0.64 percent, and the finance sub-index fell 0.9 percent. The properties sub-index rose 0.12 percent, while the utilities ended 0.32 up.

    Blue-chips ended mixed. Banking giant HSBC Holdings lost 0.38 percent at 91.25 HK dollars. Heavyweight China Mobile, by far the largest mobile carrier in the Chinese mainland, fell 0.2 percent to 73.25 HK dollars. The HKEx, the sole exchange operator in Hong Kong, soared 2.38 percent to 150.5 HK dollars.

    Local properties closed mixed. Cheung Kong, the flagship of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, edged up 0.3 percent to 101.8HK dollars. Henderson Land finished 1.53 percent lower at 58.1 HK dollars. SHK Properties rose 0.26 percent to 116.3 HK dollars.

    Mainland-based commercial lenders lost. Bank of China dropped 1. 61 percent to 4.27 HK dollars. CCB fell 1.64 percent to 6.61 HK dollars. ICBC lost 1.24 percent to 6.37 HK dollars.

    Chinese insurance companies also closed down. China Life plunged 2.16 percent to 38.5 HK dollars. Ping An slid 0.92 percent to 70.1 HK dollars.

    As for energy shares, PetroChina fell 0.4 percent to 10 HK dollars, off-shore oil producer CNOOC edged 0.15 percent down to 13 HK dollars. Sinopec Corp fell 1.61 percent to 6.71 HK dollars.( 7.8 HK dollars = 1 U.S. dollar)

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