Hong Kong stocks rose 123.19 points, or 0.55 percent, to close at 22,702.97 points on Thursday. The benchmark Hang Seng index traded between 22,764.38 and 22, 588.76. Turnover totaled 70.51 billion HK dollars (about 9.07 billion U.S. dollars), up from Wednesday's 64.96 billion HK dollars (1 U.S. dollar = 7.76 HK dollars).