Hong Kong stocks close 0.42 pct lower

HONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 118.88 points, or 0.42 percent, to 28,228.13 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,208.87 and 28,488.97. Turnover totaled 96.88 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 12.34 billion U.S. dollars).