国内英语新闻:Hong Kong stocks close 0.21% higher

HONG KONG, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks gained 45.12 points, or 0.21 percent to close Wednesday's trading at 22,047.71.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,229.18 and 22, 021.6 on a turnover of 69.08 billion HK dollars (about 8.9 billion U.S. dollars).

All the four sub-indices of the benchmark index landed in the positive territory, with properties advancing the most by rising 1. 2 percent.

Heavyweight HSBC slid 0.49 percent to 81.1 HK dollars, extending its falling streak to the third day this week. The nation's telecom giant China Mobile gained 0.38 percent to 79.8 HK dollars. Sole market operator HK Exchange rallied 1.35 percent to 142.5 HK dollars.

For financial shares, CCB, which accounts for the third largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, went up 0.59 percent to 6.77 HK dollars. Meanwhile, the nation's largest lender by market value ICBC shed 0.17 percent to 5.84 HK dollars, Bank of China up 0.25 percent to 4.09 HK dollars and Bank of Communication down 0.36 percent to 8.4 HK dollars.

The two leading mainland-based insurers went to different directions as Ping An slumped 0.6 percent to 74.4 HK dollars and China Life moved up 0.32 percent to 31.5 HK dollars.

Local developers remained strong following two days of upward move. Cheung Kong, the flagship company of Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka Shing, advanced 2.11 percent to 111.5 HK dollars.

Another major developer SHK rose 1.79 percent to 125.2 HK dollars and the city's main residential builder Henderson Land jumped 2.63 percent to 52.65 HK dollars. Oil shares put on mixed performances, with Sinopec up 0.91 percent to 6.67 HK dollars, PetroChina up 0.46 percent to 8.71 HK dollars and CNOOC down 1.36 percent to 14.5 HK dollars.

Aside from constituents stocks, China's leading electric motor manufacturer BYD was also among the most active. Share price of the Shenzhen-based company went down 3.56 percent to 54.2 HK dollars. (7.76 HK dollars equal one U.S. dollar)