HONG KONG, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 266.05 points, or 0.90 percent, to 29,863.71 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 29,661.06 and 29,873.1. Turnover totaled 74.42 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 9.52 billion U.S. dollars).?