Hong Kong stocks closed down 6.4 points, or 0.03 percent, at 22,771.44 on Thursday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,843.73 and 22, 656.37. Turnover totaled 64 billion HK dollars (about 8.25 billion U.S. dollars), down from Wednesday\'s 73.25 billion HK dollars. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 47.59 points, or 0. 42 percent, to close at 11,311.45. Two of the four sub-indices gained ground. The Properties and the Utilities sub-indices rose 0.83 percent and 0.72 percent respectively. The Finance fell 0.32 percent and the Commerce & Industry edged down 0.01 percent. Banking giant HSBC, which accounts for the largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, lowered 0.71 percent to 83.45 HK dollars, while its local unit Hang Seng Bank fell 0.16 percent to 128.80 HK dollars. Chinese mainland lenders ended lower. China Construction Bank, the country\'s second largest bank which accounts for the third largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, lost 0.63 percent to 6. 30 HK dollars. ICBC, the world\'s largest bank by market value, dropped 0.73 percent to 5.46 HK dollars. Bank of Communications, China\'s fifth biggest lender measured by assets, moved down 0.17 percent to close at 5.94 HK dollars. Bank of China ended flat at 3. 63 HK dollars. Local developers generally went up. Hang Lung Properties surged 2.95 percent to 29.65 HK dollars. Henderson Land, one of the major developers in Hong Kong, moved up 0.29 percent to 52.55 HK dollars. Cheung Kong Holding, a powerful HK-based developer controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, added 0.68 percent to 117.60 HK dollars. Sun Hung Kai Properties fell 0.26 percent to 116.20 HK dollars. As for energy stocks, China\'s top refiner Sinopec fell 0.33 percent to 8.97 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country\'s largest oil and gas producer, dipped 0.19 percent to 10.64 HK dollars. CNOOC closed flat at 14.66 HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals 7.756 HK dollars)