Japanese shares fall as tech stocks track Nasdaq lower
Updates at 0630 GMT
TOKYO, Nov 21 (Reuters) -Japanese shares closed lower on Thursday as technology stocks tracked the Nasdaq's overnight decline, while financials rose amid bets for a Bank of Japan interest rate hike.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 0.85% to 38,026.17, while the broader Topix .TOPX slipped 0.57% to 2,682.81.
"Chip-related shares tracked U.S. equities lower, but overall, the market struggled to find market-moving cues after Nvidia reported its earnings," said Shingo Ide, chief equity strategist at NLI Research Institute.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed lower on Wednesday, taking a break from the prior session's rally, as investors worried about escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions and weak results from Target TGT.N. .N
AI darling Nvidia NVDA.O fell 0.76% during the regular trading session ahead of its results on Wednesday. It fell further after the bell, as its fourth-quarter revenue forecast failed to meet lofty expectations of some investors.
Nvidia's outlook is key for the Nikkei share average, which is heavily influenced by movements in chip-related stocks such as chip-testing equipment maker Advantest 6857.T.
On Thursday, Advantest fell 1.64% and chip-making equipment maker Tokyo Electron 8035.T lost 0.41%.
Technology start-up investor SoftBank Group 9984.T fell 1.1%.
Financial shares rose as bets for a BOJ policy rate hike lifted bond yields.
Mizuho Financial Group 8411.T rose 1.32% and Resona Holdings 8308.T climbed 1.84%. The banking index .IBNKS.T edged up 0.18% and was one of the three sub-indexes that rose among the 33 industry groups on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Tokyo Gas 9531.T rose 4.94% to become the biggest percentage gainer on the Nikkei, following a 13% surge in the previous session. U.S. activist investor Elliott Management has taken a 5.03% stake in the country's biggest city gas provider.
Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Eileen Soreng and Subhranshu Sahu
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