Chile stocks fall sharply with regional mkts, Wall St

(Updates from lead)

SANTIAGO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Chile stocks ended sharply lower on Thursday, pulled down in the slip stream of losses on Wall Street and regional markets, traders said.

Chile's blue chip IPSA .IPSA index fell 1.71 percent to 2,795.08 points, preliminary closing figures showed, while the all-market IGPA stock index .IGPA fell 1.45 percent at 13,366.52 points.

"We are following the fall by the U.S. markets, which fell more than 3 percent and it would be impossible for Chile not to be affected," said Antonio Fuenzalida, from the Euroamerica brokerage.

Stock markets were down across the Americas on Thursday, from Toronto to Santiago, dragged down by Wall Street.

Top decliners on the Chilean bourse included some of its largest companies.

Chile fertilizer, lithium and iodine producer Soquimich (SQM) SQM_pb.SN SQMa.SN (SQM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell 4.61 percent to 17,301 pesos per share.

Shares of Chile steel and iron ore producer Cap CAP.SN, which recently announced $550 million in new investments, were down 4.69 percent at the close, at 16,201 pesos per share.

Chile air carrier LAN Airlines LAN.SN fell 2.22 percent in the session and stock of shipper Vapores VAP.SN closed down 2.02 percent.