Asian markets in red, gold and silver lower

Major Asian indices are trading on a lower note on Tuesday along with commodities like gold and silver. Gold was trading $1,348 while silver was trading $20.35 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.95 percent lower at 16,478 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.50 percent lower at 2,019.21 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 8.1 pct at 2,950.08 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,173.76 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading flat at 22,129.15 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.46 percent lower at 5,561 points.