HONG KONG, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 269.03 points, or 0.99 percent, to 26,974.82 points on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 26,818.82 and 27,268.39. Turnover totaled 104.96 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.37 billion U.S. dollars).