HONG KONG, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 272.22 points, or 0.89 percent, to 30,323.20 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,292.15 and 31,472.47. Turnover totaled 218.30 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 27.92 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem