Asian markets in red, gold and silver marginally higher

All the major Asian indices were trading on a negative note on Thursday. On the other side, gold and silver were slightly up in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,346 mark and silver was trading around $19.85 levels.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.24 percent lower at 16,971.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.24 percent lower at 2,056.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,089.95 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,338.01 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.31 percent higher at 23,812.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.89 percent lower at 5,376.10 points.