Hong Kong Hang Seng Index closed 1.95 percent higher on Wednesday, following gains on the Chinese mainland market. The benchmark index added 419.12 points to 21,886.48 after trading between 21,893.42 and 21,562.66. Turnover rose to 64.56 billion HK dollars (8.34 billion U.S. dollars) from Tuesday's 60. 44 billion HK dollars (7.81 billion U.S. dollars). All the four major stock categories gained ground. The commerce and industry sub-index ended up the most at 2.54 percent, followed by the finance category which rose 1.76 percent. Properties and utilities went up 1.58 percent and 0.37 percent. China Enterprises Index climbed 269.87 points, or 2.16 percent, to close at 12,777.74 points. Heavyweight HSBC Holdings added 1.03 percent to 88.55 HK dollars. China Mobile rose 1.67 percent to close at 79.00 HK dollars. Local property shares went up. SHK Properties moved up 2.76 percent to 119.00 HK dollars. Handerson land rose 2.17 percent to 54.15 HK dollars. Cheung Kong rose 1.99 percent to 100.10 HK dollars. As for Chinese mainland-based commercial lenders, Bank of China gained 1.84 percent to 4.42 HK dollars. ICBC went up 2.47 percent to 6.23 HK dollars. Bank of Communications jumped 2.94 percent to 10.16 HK dollars. The oil shares were also gainers, with PetroChina adding 5.17 percent, Sinopec rising 3.08 percent, and offshore oil producer CNOOC ended up 3.48 percent on rising oil prices. Tencent rose 6.16 percent to 137.80 HK dollars. (7.742 HK dollars = 1 U.S. dollar) 