Asian markets in red, gold hovers around $1,258 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on last trading day of the week. Gold was trading around $1,258 mark while silver was trading around $16.52 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.61 pct lower at 19,956.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.58 percent lower at 26,973.19 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.33 pct lower at 2,410.60 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.85 pct lower at 10,419.88 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 1.44 pct lower at 5,702.20 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.22 percent lower at 9,957.70 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.40 percent lower at 32,257.09 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,240.17 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,703.49 points.