TOKYO: Tokyo stocks have closed 0.67 per cent lower, as tumbling commodities prices and weak Chinese manufacturing data aggravate worries about the global economy.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange slipped 139.42 points to end Friday at 20,544.53, while the Topix index of all first-section shares eased 0.54 per cent, or 9.02 points, to 1,655.86.