All the major Asian stock markets are trading in red ahead of the big event for the day that is US NFP job data. Japanese yen gains against US dollar instead of lower than expected current account data and average cash earnings data. On the other side, gold remains well supported above $1,350 mark.
Japan’s Nikkei N225 was trading 0.86% lower at 15,144.40 points in Tokyo.
South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.63% lower at 1,961.17 points.
Shanghai composite index to open down 0.6 pct at 3,000.33 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,199.75 points.
Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 1.11% lower at 20,478.15 points.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading flat at 5,228.80 points.
