TOKYO, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed marginally higher Friday as selling on a weak tone set by Wall Street overnight was parried by buying prompted by the yen's retreat against the U.S. dollar which gave some tech and exporter issues a boost.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 22.16 points, or 0.11 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 20,132.67.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, edged 0.96 point, or 0.06 percent, higher to finish at 1,611.34.
Nonferrous metal and machinery-linked stocks comprised those that gained the most by the close of play.
Marine transportation and food-related stocks, meanwhile, led those that declined.
Declining issues on the First Section outpaced advancing ones by 1,005 to 853 and trading volume on the main section on Friday came to 1,532.20 million shares, dropping from Thursday's volume of 1,550.40 million.
The total turnover on the final trading day of the week came to 2,011.4 billion yen (18.06 billion U.S. dollars).
