Asian markets continue to trade higher, gold steady around $1,212

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Tuesday. Gold was trading around $1,212 mark while silver was trading around $15.57 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.38 pct higher at 20,157.25 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 1.02 percent higher at 25,759.59 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.31 pct higher at 2,389.22 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.94 pct higher at 10,386.55 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.06 pct lower at 5,720.40 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.20 percent higher at 9,790.70 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.21 percent higher at 31,762.02 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.4 pct at 3,201.52 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,646.88 points.