Hong Kong stocks plunged 461.65 points, or 3.37 percent, to close at 13,242.96 on Thursday, on overnight Wall Street fall and plunging share prices across the region.
Turnover shrank to 49.38 billion HK dollars (US$6.4 billion) from 66.23 billion HK dollars (US$8.54 billion) on Wednesday.
(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2009)
