Asian markets mix, gold hovers around $1,340 mark

Asian markets are trading on a mix note on Thursday morning after continuous upside rally for the 3 consecutive days. On the other side, gold faces hurdles to break key resistance at $1,347 marks and USD/JPY remains well supported above 104.00 mark. In addition, silver remains steady around $20.30 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei N225 was trading 0.80% higher at 16,361.40 points in Tokyo.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.03% higher at 2,006.17 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,054.97 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,277.48 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.06% higher at 21,335.15 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.21% higher at 5,399.80 points.