Most Asian markets in green, gold and silver higher

Majority Asian indices are trading on a higher note on Thursday. Aussie gains n the early hours of Asia on the back of higher than expected employment data. On the other side, gold and silver were trading higher in early Asian hours. Gold was trading around $1,353 and silver was trading around $19.85 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.19 percent lower at 16,714.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.46 percent higher at 2,053.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,107.75 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,369.95 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 1.54 percent higher at 23,152.14 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.55 percent lower at 5,504.10 points.