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The value of and shares on Asian stock markets on Wednesday. This is because investors are worried Europe’s growing debt. They are also concerned that their economies are too slowly. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was by 1.3% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1%. Many investors sold their shares in trading. This was because of rumours France might be the next country to lose its triple-A (AAA) credit rating. There is about how much Greek debt French banks .

Fears in Asia are of worldwide worries about a slowdown in the economy. No one is sure of where the markets will . Andrew Robinson of Saxo Capital Markets told the BBC: "We have had [changeable] markets in the that have headed in direction, but this time around, no one to know what is going to happen." This uncertainty is Asians sell their shares and gold. On Thursday, the price of gold climbed the $1,800 per ounce mark for the first time .