FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down, gold jumps above $1,450 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,452 mark while silver was trading around $16.43 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 2.27 pct lower at 20,589.55 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX200 was trading 1.46 pct lower at 6,670.55 points.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 2.81 percent lower at 26,161.48 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 2.05 percent lower at 1,957.44 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 1.15 percent lower at 10,428.22 points.

India’s NSE was trading 1.56 pct lower at 10,826.26 points and BSE Sensex was trading 1.48 pct lower at 36,585.55 points.