HONG KONG, Nov.19 -- Hong Kong stocks moved down 155. 86 points, or 0.66 percent, to close on Wednesday at 23,373.31 points.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 23,341.16 and 23, 572.21. Turnover totaled 65.13 billion HK dollars (about 8.39 billion U.S. dollars

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index ended down 45.55 points, or 0.44 percent, to close at 10,380.56.

All four sub-indices lost ground, with the Commerce and Industry ended down 1.02 percent. The Finance ended down 0.41 percent, the Properties ended down 0.42 percent, the Utilities moved down 0.55 percent.

The Banking giant HSBC, which accounts for the largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, edged down 0.19 percent to 77.05 HK dollars.

Bank of East Asia, one of the largest local banks in Hong Kong, ended down 0.15 percent to 32.50 HK dollars.

Local bourse operator HKEX fell 3.39 percent to 168.00 HK dollars.

China Mobile, China's dominant mobile carrier, decreased 2.04 percent to 93.70 HK dollars, while another Chinese telecom giant China Unicom moved up 1.08 percent to 11.22 HK dollars.

For the local property stocks, Sun Hung Kai, HK's largest property developer by market value, ended down 0.27 percent to 112. 50 HK dollars; Cheung Kong properties, owned by billionaire Li Ka- shing, moved down 0.65 percent to 137.30 HK dollars.

As for mainland-based financial stocks, China Construction Bank, the country's second largest bank which accounts for the third largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, ended down 0.71 percent to 5.59 HK dollars.

ICBC, the world's largest bank by market value, ended down 0.60 percent with 4.95 HK dollars. Bank of China ended down 0.80 percent to 3.70 HK dollars.

As for energy stocks, China's top refiner Sinopec edged down 0. 48 percent to 6.17 HK dollars. PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, moved down 0.82 percent to 8.47 HK dollars. (1 U.S. dollar equals 7.76 HK dollars)