Asian markets in red, gold up

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $,267 mark while silver was trading around $16.50 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.34 pct lower at 19,729.25 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.74 percent lower at 27,650.29 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.84 pct lower at 2,374.63 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.54 pct higher at 5,774.20 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.13 percent lower at 9,966.15 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.33 percent lower at 31,918.17 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,277.81 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,728.03 points.