Asian markets mixed, gold touches $1,652 mark in early Asia

All the major Asian indices were trading on a mixed note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $1,642 mark while silver was trading around $17.24 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.40 pct higher at 21,160.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 1.60 pct lower at 6,331.22 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.13 pct lower at 11,288.75 points and BSE sensex 0.17 pct lower at 38,556.05 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 2.12 pct higher at 2,055.70 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.06 pct lower at 26,283.50 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 0.38 pct higher at 11,370.58 points.