Asian markets mixed, gold jumps above $1,230 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,230 mark while silver was trading around $16.53 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.12 pct lower at 19,860.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.70 percent higher at 25,330.00 points.

Australia’s S&P ASX200 was trading 0.20 percent lower at 5,826 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,085.93 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.2 pct at 3,391.59 points.

Taiwan’s market was trading 0.31 percent higher at 10,012.94 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.32 percent higher at 9,430.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.50 percent higher at 30,336.65 points.