Hong Kong stocks close 0.27 pct lower

HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 84.57 points, or 0.27 percent, to 30,723.88 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,570.81 and 30,824.77. Turnover totaled 104.33 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.29 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem