Asian markets in red ahead of NFP job data, gold higher

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on the last working day of the week. The key event for the day is U.S. NFP job data. On the other side, gold and silver were trading marginally higher in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,174 and silver was trading around $16.55 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.81 percent lower at 1,967.36 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.58 percent lower at 18,405.22 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,270.12 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,559.77 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.93 percent lower at 22,666.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.74 percent lower at 5,459.60 points.