Asian markets severely down, gold back below $1,700 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Monday. Gold was trading around $1,660 mark while silver was trading around $16.82 mark.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading 5.82 pct lower at 19,548.50 points.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was trading 6.22 pct lower at 5,829.30 points.

India’s NSE was trading 3.60 pct lower at 10,592.75 points and BSE sensex 3.83 pct lower at 36,130.05 points.

South Korea’s kospi was trading 4.00 pct lower at 1,958.50 points.

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 3.97 pct lower at 25,111.50 points.

Taiwanese stock was trading around 2.36 pct lower at 11,054.12 points.