FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down, gold flat at $1,255 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,255 mark while silver was trading around $16.02 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.96 pct lower at 21,508.77 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.51 pct higher at 6,216.85 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 2,755.34 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,365.55 points.

Hong Kong’s hang seng was trading 0.84 percent lower at 28,005.02 points.

Taiwanese stocks was trading around 0.81 percent lower at 10,635.93 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.02 percent lower at 10,768.80 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.04 points lower at 35,628.88 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.78 percent lower at 2,247.77 points.