Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as a circumspect market mood ahead of a highly-anticipated speech by the U.S. Federal Reserve chair later in the day inhibited buying, with poor consumer price data for July stoking concerns that the central bank and the government are failing in their efforts to fight chronic deflation here.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 195.24 points, or 1. 18 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 16,360.71.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 16.37 points, or 1.26 percent, to end at 1,287.90.
With the exception of iron and steel, and chemical issues, all industry categories ended in negative territory, with insurance, transportation equipment and air transportation issues leading notable decliners.
The day's turnover on the last trading day of the week was 2, 039.1 billion yen (20.29 billion U.S. dollars).
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