Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday as investor sentiment was dampened by private-sector U.S. jobs data for June missing median expectations and sending Wall Street lower overnight.
As of 9:15 a.m. local time, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 81.74 points, or 0.41 percent, from Thursday to 19,912.32.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, declined 6.86 points, or 0.42 percent, to 1,608.67.
Oil and coal product, real estate and securities-linked stocks comprised those that declined the most in the opening minutes of trade.
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