AFP (24/10) -- Hong Kong stocks closed 0.71 percent lower on Thursday
despite upbeat data from China which showed manufacturing activity
expanded to a seven-month high in October.The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped 164.13 points to 22,835.82 on turnover of HK$65.25 billion ($8.42 billion).Chinese
shares closed down 0.86 percent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index
fell 18.79 points to 2,164.32 on turnover of 90.0 billion yuan ($14.8
billion).