Asian markets mixed, gold and silver up more than 1 pct in early hours of Asia

All the Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on the start of a new week. On the other side, gold and silver were trading higher in early hours of Asia. Gold was trading around $1,192 and silver was trading around $16.72 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.36 percent higher at 1,981.36 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.50 percent lower at 18,288.58 points.

Shanghai composite index to open up 0.3 pct at 3,270.05 points and China's CSI300 index to open up 0.5 pct at 3,538.68 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.61 percent higher at 22,861.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.46 percent lower at 5,422.60 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.09 percent lower at 8,106.90 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.05 percent lower at 26,303.28 points.