FxWirePro: Asian markets in red, gold stabilizes below $1,240 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $1,234 mark while silver was trading around $14.42 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.56 pct lower at 21,947.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.72 pct lower at 5,671.40 points.

Shanghai composite index opens down 1.36 pct and China's CSI300 index to open down 1.3 pct at 3,224.26 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 1.70 percent lower at 9,911.22 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 1.68 pct lower 26,803.25 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.78 percent lower at 2,097.55 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.76 percent lower at 10,794.58 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.54 points lower at 35,940.55 points.