Hong Kong stocks close higher -- April 7

2008-04-07 01:36:57 Xinhua English

HONG KONG, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks gained 314.13 points, or 1.30 percent, to close at 24,578.76 on Monday.

Turnover rose to 99.47 billion HK dollars (12.79 billion U.S. dollars) from last Thursday's 91.5 billion HK dollars (11.73 billion U.S. dollars).