FxWirePro: Asian markets start a new week on lower note, gold hovers around $1,220 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,222 mark while silver was trading around $14.62 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.56 pct lower at 22,365.55 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 1.05 pct lower at 5,832.40 points.

Taiwan stocks was trading around 1.36 pct lower at 9,909.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open flat at 2,605.91 points.

China's CSI300 index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,173.85 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was trading 1.17 pct lower 25,500.55 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.24 percent lower at 10,445.20 points while BSE Sensex was trading 0.16 points lower at 34,670.82 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.52 pct lower at 2,150.34 points.