HONG KONG, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 282.23 points, or 1.44 percent, at 19,865.11 on Monday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 19,749.40 and 19,919.34. Turnover totaled 53.045 billion HK dollars (about 6.806 billion U.S. dollars). (1 U.S. dollar = 7.794 HK dollars)

Source:chinaview