Asian markets mixed, gold stabilizes above $1,275 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on the start of a new week. Gold was trading around $1,276 mark while silver was trading around $17.84 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading around 1.29 percent higher at 18,861 points.  

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.18 percent lower at 23,998 points.

Australia’s S&P ASX200 was trading around 0.04 percent higher at 5,855 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.15 percent higher at 2,168.33 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,164.25 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,458.23 points.

Taiwan’s market was trading 0.03 percent lower at 9,714.93 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.46 percent higher at 9,161.65 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.44 percent higher at 29,493.82 points.