All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Thursday. Gold was trading around $1,223 mark while silver was trading around $14.58 mark.
Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.76 pct lower at 22,654.55 points.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.04 pct lower at 5,936.40 points.
Taiwan stocks was trading around 0.30 pct lower at 9,954.60 points.
Shanghai composite index falls to lowest level since Nov 2014 and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.7 pct at 3,097.79 points.
South Korea’s kospi was trading 0.77 pct lower at 2,149.34 points.
Hong kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.23 pct lower at 25,403.55 points.