Most Asian markets marginally lower, gold steady around $1,190 mark

All the major Asian indices were trading on a lower note on Tuesday. Gold was trading around $1,191 marks while silver was trading around $16.58 marks.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.22 percent lower at 1,973.36 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei was trading 0.36 percent lower at 18,286.58 points.

Shanghai composite index to open down 0.2 pct at 3,269.23 points and China's CSI300 index to open down 0.3 pct at 3,525.90 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.14 percent lower at 22,799.00 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.05 percent lower at 5,461.60 points.

India’s NSE Nifty was trading around 0.55 percent higher at 8,171.90 points and BSE Sensex was trading at 0.53 percent higher at 26,490.12 points.