Asian markets mixed, gold and silver marginally higher

Asian markets were trading on a mixed note on Tuesday ahead of BOJ, FOMC and RBNZ interest rate decisions. Gold and silver remain marginally higher in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,315 and silver was trading around $19.20 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading around 0.11 percent higher at 16,537.24 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.08 percent higher at 2,017.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open flat at 3,027.17 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,264.66 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.39 percent lower at 23,458.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.20 percent lower at 5,284.10 points.