Asian markets mixed, gold and silver rally

Major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Wednesday. On the other side, gold and silver were trading sharply higher in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,352 and silver was trading around $20.03 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.66 percent lower at 16,970.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.19 percent higher at 2,070.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open flat at 3,091.33 points and China's CSI300 index to open flat at 3,344.07 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.31 percent lower at 23,715.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.11 percent higher at 5,419.10 points.