Most Asian markets in red, gold slips below $1,350

Majority Asian markets were trading on a lower note on the last working day of the week. On the other side, gold and silver were trading marginally lower in early hours of Asia too. Gold was trading around $1,346 and silver was trading around $19.62 marks.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 was trading 0.29 percent higher at 16,534.42 points.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading around 0.13 percent lower at 2,053.11 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.1 pct at 3,100.39 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,358.56 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.32 percent lower at 22,949.14 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.23 percent higher at 5,519.10 points.