FxWirePro: Asian markets surprisingly up, gold jumps above $1,280 mark

Asian markets were trading higher on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,282  mark while silver was trading around $17.08 mark.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.47 pct higher at 6,044.58 points.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading around 0.73 pct higher at 23,044.50 points.

Taiwan stock was trading around 0.61 pct lower at 10,753.55 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.87 pct higher at 29,160.50 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.11 percent lower at 2,549.08 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,410.67 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 4,043.07 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.36 percent higher at 10,340.70 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.40 percent higher 33,442.91 points.

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