Japan's Nikkei slips to three-week low after Wall Street sell-off
Updates at 0130 GMT
TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) -Japan's Nikkei share average slipped to a three-week low on Wednesday, with chip-related stocks leading the declines, as the market tracked Wall Street's biggest drop since early August.
As of 0134 GMT, the Nikkei .N225 was down 3.3% at 37,393.48. Earlier in the session, the benchmark index fell as much as 4% to hit its lowest level since Aug. 15.
The broader Topix .TOPX was down 2.76% at 2,657.81.
"Concerns over U.S. economy started growing again. The market will remain cautious until they confirm the outcome of U.S. non-farm payrolls data due on Friday," said Shoichi Arisawa, general manager of the investment research department at IwaiCosmo Securities.
U.S. stocks slumped on Tuesday, at the start of one of the market's historically worst months, ahead of data likely to influence how much the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates. .N
The benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX, Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC and the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI recorded their biggest daily percentage declines since early August.
In Japan, chip-related giant Tokyo Electron 8035.T fell 6.54%, tracking Nvidia's NVDA.O 10% drop. Peer Advantest 6857.T fell 7%. Chipmaker Renesas Electronics 6723.T fell 8.5% to become the biggest percentage loser in the Nikkei.
Bucking the trend, shares of Nitori Holdings 9843.T, which imports most materials for furniture and home interior goods, rose 2.75% to support the Nikkei as the yen strengthened.
Fuji Soft 9749.T jumped 7% after U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said it would make a counter-offer to buy the software developer that would exceed a rival offer from equity fund KKR KKR.N.
All the 33 industry sub-indexes on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell, with energy explorers .IMING.T falling 5.5% to become the worst performers.
Of 225 components in the Nikkei, 212 stocks fell, while 12 traded higher and one was flat.
Reporting by Junko Fujita, Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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