FxWirePro: Asian markets noticeably down, gold touches $1,287 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Wednesday. Gold was trading around $1,286 mark while silver was trading around $14.92 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 1.76 pct lower at 21,516.49 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX200 was trading 0.44 pct lower at 6,267.55 points.

Shanghai composite index and China's CSI300 index down over 2 pct.

Hong Kong's hang seng index was trading 0.78 percent lower at 29,135.22 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.27 percent lower at 2,171.58 points.

Taiwan stock was trading 0.70 percent lower at 10,915.61 points.

India’s NSE was trading 0.65 pct lower at 11,422.55 points and BSE Sensex was trading 0.66 pct lower at 38,025.79 points.