Hong Kong stocks close 2.26% lower
2008-06-19 10:48:23 GMT 2008-06-19 18:48:23 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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HONG KONG, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks widened its losses in the afternoon to close at 22,797.61 on Thursday, down 528.19 points, or 2.26 percent.
Turnover fell to 59.04 billion HK dollars (7.57 billion U.S. dollars) from Wednesday's 71.22 billion HK dollars (9.13 billion U. S. dollars).
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