HONG KONG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 276.83 points, or 1.11 percent, to 24,717.63 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 24,589.04 and 25,062.2. Turnover totaled 95.63 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.20 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem