Asian markets mixed, gold hovers around $1,130 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on the last working day of the week. On the other side, gold and silver were down in late U.S. session. Gold was trading around $1,130 mark while silver was trading around $16.02 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.25 percent higher at 2,041.57 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.72 percent higher at 19,412.26 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,111.51 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,335.36 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.06 percent lower at 22,046.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.03 percent lower at 5,538.85 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.09 percent lower at 8,145.25 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.26 percent higher at 26,571.07 points.