Tokyo stocks closed mixed Friday with the key Nikkei index down 0.54 percent to below 9,500 for the first time in four months.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average shed 51.79 points to 9,497.68.The broader Topix index gained 1.00 point, or 0.12 percent, to 838.71.

Trading volume on the main section contracted to 2,125.56 million shares from 2,558.25 million Thursday.

On the First Section, advancing shares outnumbered declining ones 829 to 708, with 141 others remaining unchanged.