Asian markets in green, Nikkei up by more than 2 percent, gold steady at $1,160

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Wednesday. Gold was trading in narrow range and stabilizes around $1,160 mark while silver was trading around $16.35 marks.

Tokyo's Nikkei share average extends gains, up 2.00 pct.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.24 percent lower at 22,098 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,133.79 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,340.56 points.

Taiwan stocks open up 0.1 pct at 9,279.52 points.

Seoul shares open up 0.11 pct at 2046.29.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.17 percent higher at 8,206.70 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.13 percent higher at 26,677 points.