Asian markets marginally higher, gold steady around $1,230 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Wednesday. On the other side, gold and silver were trading on a higher note. Gold was trading around $1,230 mark and silver was trading around $17.16 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.72 percent higher at 1,981.36 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 1.11 percent higher at 17,864.50 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,208.50 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,432.43 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.42 percent higher at 22,418.26 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.02 percent higher at 5,327.40 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.38 percent higher at 8,139.10 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 1.78 percent higher at 26,508.56 points.