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 ( NVDA ) quarterly results.

The Nikkei fell 1% to 49,799.99 as of 0013 GMT, and

the broader Topix 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 ) and awaited a

long-delayed U.S. jobs report this week.

In Japan, technology investor SoftBank Group fell

3.5%. Chip-related Tokyo Electron ( TOELF ) and Advantest ( ADTTF )

lost 2.46% and 0.35%, respectively.

Retail stocks, which fell sharply in the previous session,

rose. Department store Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings ( IMHDF ) rose

1.1% and Ryohin Keikaku ( RYKKF ) gained 1.1%.