FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down, gold flat at $1,278 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $1,278 mark while silver was trading around $14.35 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.16 pct lower at 21,013.49 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX200 was trading 0.76 pct lower at 6,435.55 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.5 pct at 2,894.83 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.8 pct at 3,642.54 points.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 0.47 percent lower at 27,262.22 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.34 percent lower at 2,021.58 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.21 percent lower at 10,290.61 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.09 pct lower at 11,912.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading 0.11 pct lower at 39,702.79 points.