Asian markets mixed, gold and silver marginally lower

Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on the last working day of the week. On the other side, gold and silver were trading marginally lower in the early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,334 and silver was trading around $19.75 levels.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading around 0.11 percent lower at 16,789.24 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.05 percent higher at 2,050.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.1 pct at 3,044.79 points and China's CSI300 index to open flat at 3,292.28 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.14 percent higher at 23,790.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.73 percent higher at 5,413.10 points.