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Yields on 10-year Italian bonds achieved 7.28%; rate considered as unsustainable. Concerns about Italy's debt crisis grew impacting the global economy. Asian stock market indexes fell-Japan's Nikkei index dropped by 2.9% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index decreased by 5.3%. European market proved to be more resilient-Germany's DAX index increased by 0.22%, and the French CAC 40 index went up by 0.4%.