Asian markets mixed, gold flat at $1,138

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on the Tuesday. In early hours of Asia, BOJ declared its monetary policy. BOJ keeps monetary policy steady. BOJ’s rate decision stays flat at -0.1 % (forecast -0.1 %) vs previous -0.1 %. Gold was trading around $1,138 mark while silver was trading around $16.02 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.19 percent higher at 2,042.92 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.04 percent lower at 19,388.26 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,115.90 points and China's CSI300 index to open flat at 3,328.30 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.31 percent lower at 21,764.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.58 percent higher at 5,594.20 points.

India’s BSE Sensex was up 24.51 points at 26399.21 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 6.25 points to 8110.60.