Hong Kong stocks end down 0.06%

Hong Kong stocks closed down 0.06 percent on Friday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index moved down 12.22 points to close at 22,089.05 points, after trading between a day high of 22,185.36 points and a day low of 22,049.58 points. Turnover shrank to 49.88 billion HK dollars (6.43 billion U.S. dollars) from Thursday's 57.99 billion HK dollars. The H-Share Index moved down 52.57 points, or 0.49 percent, to end at 10,655.68 points. Banking giant HSBC ended down 0.06 percent at 82.05 HK dollars. China Mobile, China's dominant mobile carrier ended flat at 82.95 HK dollars. As for the Mainland lenders listed in Hong Kong, ICBC, China's largest bank by market value, edged down 0.19 percent to close at 5.25 HK dollars; CCB, the country's second largest lender by market capitalization, ended flat at 6.2 HK dollars; BOC, one of the "big four", increased 0.57 percent to close at 3.54 HK dollars. For local property developers, Sun Hung Kai, HK's largest property developer by market value, ended up 0.75 percent at 107.5 HK dollars; Cheung Kong properties, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, edged up 0.35 percent to 114.9 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer ended down 0.8 percent at 9.9 HK dollars. Sinopec, China's top refiner, ended down 0.23 percent to 8.87 HK dollars. China Life, one of the world's largest life insurers by market value, ended down 0.73 percent at 20.45 HK dollars.