FxWirePro: Asian markets mixed, gold stabilizes above $1,300 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,302 mark while silver was trading around $15.77 mark.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.38 pct lower at 20,695.66 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.5 pct at 2,615.71 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.6 pct at 3,203.12 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 0.34 percent higher at 10,003.45 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.40 pct higher at 27,695.25 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.47 percent higher at 2,188.55 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.55 percent lower at 10,721.58 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.50 points lower at 35,844.55 points.

Australian banks will be closed in observance of Australia Day.