Asian markets turn positive again, gold rises around 1 pct to $1,286

All the major Asian indices erase previous loss and trading on a positive note on the Thursday. Gold and silver were trading marginally higher in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,287 while silver was trading around $18.59 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.88 percent higher at 1,995.36 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 5.78 percent higher at 17,190.50 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.6 pct at 3,148.54 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.7 pct at 3,374.91 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 1.91 percent higher at 22,846.26 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 2.76 percent higher at 5,297.40 points.