Asian markets mixed, gold back above $1,260 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Tuesday. Gold was trading around $1,262 mark while silver was trading around $17.15 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.04 pct higher at 19,670.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.06 percent higher at 25,407.00 points.

Australia’s S&P ASX200 was trading 0.20 percent lower at 5,760 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,069.39 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,405.03 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.93 pct higher at 2,325.01 points.

Taiwan’s market was trading 0.26 percent higher at 10,023.31 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.58 percent lower at 9,384.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.40 percent lower at 30,451.77 points.