Most Asian markets in red after ongoing tension from North Korea, gold hovers around fresh 10-month high

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,334 mark while silver was trading around $17.84 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.97 pct lower at 19,511.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.53 percent lower at 27,805.29 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.33 pct lower at 5,705.10 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,369.72 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,828.54 points.

Taiwan stock was trading around 0.25 pct lower at 10,568.88 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.33 percent lower at 9,940.15 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.35 percent higher at 31,780.97 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.77 percent lower at 2,339.83 points.