Asian markets mixed, gold hits fresh 2-month low at $1,235

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Thursday. Gold hits fresh 2-month low after hawkish FOMC meeting. Fed kept funds rate stable at 1.00 pct. Silver hits fresh 4-month low at $16.37 mark.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.40 percent lower at 24,596 points.

Australia’s S&P ASX200 was trading 0.60 percent lower at 5,857 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.66 percent higher at 2,233 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,127.11 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,404.94 points.

Taiwan’s market was trading 0.01 percent lower at 9,955.98 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.40 percent higher at 9,349.90 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.45 percent higher at 30,030.01 points.