HONG KONG, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 43.89 points, or 0.16 percent, to 27,946.32 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 27,534.2 and 28,008.82. Turnover totaled 81.27 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 10.35 billion U.S. dollars).