FxWirePro: Asian markets drastically down, gold touches $1,587 mark in opening hours

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,575 mark while silver was trading around $18.42 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 2.10 pct lower at 23,159.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.07 pct higher at 6,737.80 points.

Hong kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.50 pct lower at 28,312.00 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.83 pct lower at 2,158.37 points.

Taiwan’s TWII was trading 1.15 pct lower at 11,970.66 points.

India’s NSE was trading 1.07 pct lower at 12,095.25 points and BSE sensex points 1.03 pct lower at 41,037.55 points.