FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down after FOMC rate decision, gold hovers around $1,220 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,220 mark and silver was trading around $15.40 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.64 pct lower at 22,600.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.30 pct lower at 6,257.85 points.

Shanghai composite index down over 2 pct and China's CSI300 index down over 2 pct.

Taiwanese stocks was trading around 1.04 pct lower at 10,983.93 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 2.36 pct lower at 27,686.55 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.30 percent lower at 11,314.22 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.34 points lower at 37,392.82 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.32 percent lower at 2,276.94 points.