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The Nikkei ended down 2.04% Wednesday, falling to a low of seven months due to a strong aversion to risk caused by both the decline posted Wednesday on Wall Street and by the disturbing news in from China.

The Nikkei lost 191.04 points to 9,191.60 and the broader TOPIX, surrendered 13.03 points (1.55%) to 828.39.

The pace of Chinese manufacturing growth slowed in June partly because of efforts by Beijing to curb the housing bubble and fears surrounding the health of the global economy.

The publication of an index showing an improvement in Japanese consumer confidence has not been enough to reassure investors, particularly as the event was quickly overshadowed by the announcement of a drop in manufacturing PMI Japanese.

The background of mistrust and enjoys the yen in turn penalizes exporters image specialists electronics.

Advantest and Kyocera have both dropped 3.44%.

• The Nikkei ended up 2.05% with the U.S. employment
• Mergers and acquisitions have supported Wall Street
• Tokyo finally stable, the Fed raises high expectations
• The confidence index at half of French households