Asian markets mixed, gold and silver higher

Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Tuesday. In addition, gold and silver were trading on a higher note in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,330 mark and silver was trading around $19.22 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.02 percent higher at 16,675.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.50 percent higher at 2,001.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,025.03 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,265.34 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 1.02 percent higher at 23,529.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.26 percent higher at 5,233.10 points.