Asian markets mixed, gold stabilizes above $1,250 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a positive note on the start of a new trading week. Gold was trading around $1,253 mark while silver was trading around $16.44 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.81 pct lower at 19,937.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.50 percent higher at 26,844.19 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.10 pct lower at 2,447.08 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.05 pct lower at 10,431.88 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.78 pct lower at 5,678.20 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.51 percent higher at 9,965.50 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.46 percent higher at 32,177.60 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,230.90 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,724.38 points.