Hong Kong stocks fell 51.01 points, or 0.23 percent, to close at 22,618.67 on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,781.54 and 22, 470.53. Turnover totaled 53.83 billion HK dollars (about 6.94 billion US dollars). (1 US dollar = 7.76 HK dollars)