Asian markets in green, gold hovers around $1,170 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Tuesday. Gold was trading around $1,171 mark while silver was trading around $16.80 mark.

Today RBA kept cash rate unchanged at 1.5 pct as expected.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.20 percent higher at 1,987.12 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.51 percent higher at 18,368.22 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,202.03 points and China's csi300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,466.24 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.86 percent higher at 22,698.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.78 percent higher at 5,442.52 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.35 percent higher at 8,156.90 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.46 percent higher at 26,467.57 points.