TOKYO, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday, amid a surge in crude oil futures after peace talks between the United States and Iran over the weekend ended without a deal.

Pedestrians pass a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 421.34 points, or 0.74 percent, from Friday at 56,502.77.

The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 16.84 points, or 0.45 percent, lower at 3,723.01.

On the stock market, sentiment was dampened with prices of the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures topping 100 U.S. dollars per barrel again after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would implement a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has largely choked off since the United States and Israel launched attacks in late February.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose to 2.490 percent, its highest since February 1999, on concerns about possible oil supply disruptions.