Hong Kong stocks close 1.44 pct higher

HONG KONG, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 406.45 points, or 1.44 percent, to 28,662.57 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 28,282.3 and 28,718.0. Turnover totaled 107.76 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.73 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem