Most Asian markets in red, gold and silver marginally higher

Most Asian indices were trading on a negative note on the last working day of the week. In contrary, Hong Kong’s hang seng was trading around 1 pct higher. Gold was trading around $1,338 and silver was trading around $19.59 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.19 percent lower at 16,926.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 1.38 percent lower at 2,035.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open flat at 3,095.43 points and China's CSI300 index to open flat at 3,339.37 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 1.01 percent higher at 24,162.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.80 percent lower at 5,342.10 points.