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HONG KONG, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks rose 26.48 points, or 0.11 percent, to close on Tuesday at 23,142.73 points.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,885.22 and 23,143.88. Turnover totaled 69.04 billion HK dollars (8.91 billion U.S. dollars).
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index moved down 32.89 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 10,714.79 points.
Three of the four sub-indices gained ground. The Commerce & Industry sub-index rose the most at 0.31 percent, followed by the Finance at 0.2 percent, the Utilities at 0.06 percent, while the Properties dropped 0.89 percent.
Banking giant HSBC, which accounts for the largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, fell 0.08 percent to 61.3 HK dollars.
Bank of East Asia, one of the largest local banks in Hong Kong, went down 0.16 percent to close at 29.6 HK dollars.
Local bourse operator HKEX rose 0.19 percent to 204.8 HK dollars.
China Mobile, China's dominant mobile carrier, grew 1.22 percent to 95 HK dollars. China Unicom, another Chinese telecom giant, lowered 0.9 percent to 9.7 HK dollars.
Local property stocks went down in general. Sun Hung Kai, one of Hong Kong's largest property developer by market value, lost 0.93 percent to 105.6 HK dollars. Henderson Land decreased 0.29 percent to 50.85 HK dollars. CKH Holdings gained 0.84 percent to 107.4 HK
dollars.
As for Mainland-based financial stocks, Bank of China closed flat at 3.81 HK dollars. China Construction Bank closed flat at 5.83 HK dollars. Bank of Communication closed flat at 6 HK dollars. ICBC closed flat at 5.13 HK dollars.
As for energy stocks, China's top refiner Sinopec closed flat at 5.75 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, lost 0.48 percent to 6.16 HK dollars. CNOOC lost 1.46 percent to 8.74 HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar = 7.75 HK dollars)
