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

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,306 mark while silver was trading around $15.19 mark.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.02 pct lower at 21,684.85 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.30 pct lower at 6,204.41 points.

Shanghai composite index to open flat at 3,241.55 points and China's CSI300 index down over 2 pct.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 0.95 percent lower at 29,833.58 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.15 percent lower at 2,220.48 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.07 percent higher at 11,592.58 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.08 points higher at 38,614.87 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.50 percent lower at 10,820.61 points.