Asian markets noticeably up, gold trades flat at $1,640 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,640 mark while silver was trading around $17.21 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.60 pct higher at 21,227.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 1.00 pct higher at 6,388.50 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.30 pct higher at 11,287.75 points and BSE sensex 0.36 pct higher at 38,548.05 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.56 pct higher at 2,070.55 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 1.06 pct higher at 26,503.50 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 1.09 pct higher at 11,516.22 points.