TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday in circumspect trading as some investors hit the sidelines ahead of the release of key U.S. labor market data, after earlier losses were pared by the Bank of Japan launching of an emergency bond-buying operation.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 64.97 points, or 0.32 percent, from Thursday to finish the day at 19,929.09.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 8.47 points, or 0.52 percent, to close at 1,607.06.
Fishery, agriculture and forestry, real estate and construction-linked stocks comprised those that declined the most by the close of play, and declining issues outpaced advancing ones by 1,471 to 455 on the First Section.
Trading volume on the main section came to 1,653.75 million shares, dropping marginally from Thursday's volume of 1,683.08 million shares.
The turnover on the final trading day of the week totaled 2,273.2 billion yen (20.00 billion U.S. dollars).
