Asian markets start a new week on a positive note, gold marginally lower at $1,252 mark.

All the major Asian indices were trading on a higher note Monday. Gold was trading around $1,252 mark while silver was trading around $16.85 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.45 pct higher at 19,678.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.90 percent higher at 25,398.00 points.

Australia’s S&P ASX200 was trading 0.81 percent higher at 5,773 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,087.17 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,400.59 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.46 pct higher at 2,299.62 points.

Taiwan’s market was trading 0.33 percent higher at 9,980.31 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.40 percent higher at 9,465.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.50 percent higher at 30,624.46 points.