FxWirePro: Asian markets in red, gold hovers around $1,250 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $1,250 mark while silver was trading around $15.90 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.18 pct lower at 21,935.00 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.72 pct lower at 6,213.85 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 1.7 pct at 2,780.70 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 2.0 pct at 3,398.93 points.

Hong Kong’s hang seng was trading 1.60 percent lower at 28,226.02 points.

Taiwanese stocks was trading around 0.71 percent lower at 10,681.93 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.17 percent higher at 10,965.22 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.20 points higher at 36,299.82 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.54 percent lower at 2,281.28 points.

Singapore stocks down 1.6 pct to 3222.92 in early trade.