HONG KONG, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 118.59 points, or 0.43 percent, to 27,671.87 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,532.06 and 27,830.91. Turnover totaled 76.93 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 9.80 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem