Japan's Nikkei falls as technology stocks track Wall Street lower
TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday as technology stocks tracked Wall Street's sharp overnight decline, with investors cautious ahead of chip giant Nvidia's quarterly results.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 1% to 49,799.99 as of 0013 GMT, and the broader Topix .TOPX slipped 0.67% at 3,325.23.
U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closing below a key technical indicator for the first time since late April as investors braced for quarterly results from retailers and Nvidia NVDA.O and awaited a long-delayed U.S. jobs report this week. .N
In Japan, technology investor SoftBank Group 9984.T fell 3.5%. Chip-related Tokyo Electron 8035.T and Advantest 6857.T lost 2.46% and 0.35%, respectively.
Retail stocks, which fell sharply in the previous session, rose. Department store Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings 3099.T rose 1.1% and Ryohin Keikaku 7453.T gained 1.1%.
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