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1st LD: Hong Kong stocks end record high at 31,983 points

Xinhua,January 17, 2018 Adjust font size:

HONG KONG, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 0.25 percent at 31,983.41 points on Wednesday, reaching the highest ever point since Oct. 30, 2007.

The turnover totaled 178.26 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 22.8 billion U.S. dollars) on Wednesday, the 12th successive trading day with a turnover above 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Hong Kong stocks broke another record one day ago. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 1.81 percent to 31,904.75 points on Tuesday, hitting a record closing high. Enditem