Tokyo's key Nikkei index closes down 5.8%

FILE - A person walks past at an electronic stock board showing financial indexes including Japan's Nikkei 225 index, green, at a securities firm in Tokyo, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed dramatically lower on Friday after Wall Street shares tumbled over concerns about the US economy and a stronger yen weighing on the market.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 5.81 percent, or 2,216.63 points, at 35,909.70 -- the second-biggest points drop in history, and the largest fall in percentage terms since March 2020 at the start of the pandemic.