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Asia-Pacific markets fell Wednesday, tracking Wall Street declines overnight, as investors parsed Japan’s trade data and awaited China’s loan prime rate decision.

Japan’s exports dropped 2.6% year over year in July, notching its steepest drop in over four years. The fall was sharper than the 2.1% contraction expected by economists polled by Reuters and compared to the 0.5% drop seen in June.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 0.93%, while the Topix lost 0.31%.

South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.52% and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 1.77%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was 0.24% lower at the open.

Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 24,977, pointing to a weaker open compared with the HSI’s last close of 25,122.9.

Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 pulled back, weighed down by Nvidia shares and a broad decline in technology stocks. The broad market S&P 500 lost 0.59% and closed at 6,411.37, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.46% to settle at 21,314.95.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 10.45 points, or 0.02%, and ended at 44,922.27. The 30-stock index touched a fresh record high during the session.

—CNBC’s Pia Singh and Yun Li contributed to this report.

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