FxWirePro: Asian markets in red, gold touches $1,160 mark in early Asia

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,170 mark while silver was trading around $14.50 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.17 pct lower at 22,150.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.15 pct lower at 6,319.85 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 1.2 pct at 2,691.43 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 1.2 pct at 3,251.86 points.

Taiwan stocks close was trading around 0.34 pct lower at 10,680.03 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.31 pct lower at 27,242.55 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 1.00 pct lower at 2,236.22 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.04 percent lower at 11,430.22 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.08 points lower at 37,820.82 points.