Hong Kong stocks close 1.01 pct higher

HONG KONG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 285.92 points, or 1.01 percent, to 28,514.05 points on Wednesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,357.3 and 28,599.77. Turnover totaled 108.65 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.84 billion U.S. dollars).