Roundup: Hong Kong stocks close 0.15 pct lower

Hong Kong stocks fell 35.69 points, or 0.15 percent, to close on Monday at 23,116.25 points.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 23,066.94 and 23,423.64. Turnover totaled 72.81 billion HK dollars (9.39 billion U.S. dollars).

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index moved up 5.64 points, or 0.05 percent, to close at 10,747.68 points.

All of the four sub-indices lost ground. The Utilities sub-index dropped the most at 0.51 percent, followed by the Commerce & Industry at 0.16 percent, the Finance at 0.14 percent, the Properties at 0.01 percent.

Banking giant HSBC, which accounts for the largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, added 0.4 percent to 61.35 HK dollars.

Bank of East Asia, one of the largest local banks in Hong Kong, went up 0.68 percent to close at 29.65 HK dollars.

Local bourse operator HKEX fell 0.48 percent to 204.4 HK dollars.

China Mobile, China's dominant mobile carrier, grew 0.53 percent to 93.85 HK dollars. China Unicom, another Chinese telecom giant, lost 0.5 percent to 9.79 HK dollars.

Local property stocks went down in general. Sun Hung Kai, one of Hong Kong's largest property developer by market value, lowered 0.28 percent to 106.6 HK dollars. Henderson Land decreased 0.57 percent to 34.55 HK dollars. CKH Holdings dropped 1.57 percent to 106.5 HK

dollars.

Mainland-based financial stocks ended down Bank of China lowered 0.52 percent to 3.81 HK dollars. China Construction Bank fell 0.34 percent to 5.83 HK dollars. Bank of Communication moved down 0.49 percent at 6 HK dollars. ICBC fell 0.19 percent to 5.13 HK dollars.

As for energy stocks, China's top refiner Sinopec dropped 0.34 percent to 5.75 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, lost 2.05 percent to 6.19 HK dollars. CNOOC lost 0.67 percent to 8.87 HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar = 7.75 HK dollars) Endit