HONG KONG, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks closed up 242.060 points, or 0.790 percent, to 30,790.828 points on Tuesday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 30,738.758 and 30,985.75. Turnover totaled 135.20 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 17.23 billion U.S. dollars).