FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down, gold hovers around $1,650 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,650 mark while silver was trading around $18.06 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 2.14 pct lower at 21,951.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.66 pct lower at 6,664.30 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.75 pct lower at 11,590.85 points and BSE sensex 0.75 pct lower at 39,587.43 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.84 pct lower at 2,058.65 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.80 pct lower at 26,482.50 points.

Taiwan’s TWII was trading 0.82 pct lower at 11,340.44 points.