Hong Kong stocks close 1 pct higher Friday

Hong Kong stocks rose 213.72 points, or 1 percent, to close at 21,636.85 points on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 21,703.69 and 21, 480.09. Turnover totaled 62.45 billion HK dollars (about 8.05 billion U.S. dollars), up from Thursday's 58.37 billion HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar = 7.76 HK dollars).