Hong Kong stocks fell 238.99 points, or 1.13 percent, to close at 20,986.89 points on Wednesday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 20,896.22 and 21, 232.51. Turnover totaled 61.88 billion HK dollars (7.97 billion U. S. dollars). (1 U.S. dollar = 7.761 HK dollars)