Hong Kong stocks close 1.60 pct lower

HONG KONG, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed down 492.790 points, or 1.60 percent, to 30,315.59 points on Monday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,190.748 and 30,849.721. Turnover totaled 107.60 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 13.71 billion U.S. dollars).